frenzy
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frenzy
- /ˈfɹɛnzi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.
noun frenzies · phrenzy · phrensy
- A state of wild activity or panic. international media frenzy
- A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage. The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.
adjective more frenzy · most frenzy · phrenzy · phrensy
- Mad; frantic. They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
verb frenzies · frenzying · frenzied · phrenzy · phrensy
- To render frantic. Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate.
- To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy. The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.
