frenzy

== English == === Alternative forms === phrenzy, phrensy (obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛnzi/ === Noun === frenzy (countable and uncountable, plural frenzies) A state of wild activity or panic. A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== frantic frenetic frenzied schizophrenia ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === frenzy (comparative more frenzy, superlative most frenzy) (obsolete) Mad; frantic. === Verb === frenzy (third-person singular simple present frenzies, present participle frenzying, simple past and past participle frenzied) (uncommon) To render frantic. (rare) To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy. === Further reading === “frenzy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “frenzy”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “frenzy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.