frenzy

Meanings

Noun

  • A state of wild activity or panic.
  • A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

Adjective

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις, a later equivalent of φρενῖτις: see frantic and frenetic.

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