vesania

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vēsānia, derived from vēsānus (“mad, insane”). === Noun === vesania (uncountable) Madness, insanity, mental derangement. 2003: Overall, Cullen defined insanity (‘vesania’) as a nervous disorder. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 311) 1894: American Journal of Insanity (Baltimore, MD), Jul. 1894: It is a morbid condition, consisting of exacerbations of pruriginous sensations in the hairy parts of the body, accompanied by a vesania, that leads the subjects to try to get relief by pulling out the hairs... == Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vēsānia, derived from vēsānus (“mad, insane”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /veˈza.nja/ Rhymes: -anja Hyphenation: ve‧sà‧nia === Noun === vesania f (plural vesanie) (literary) madness, insanity Synonyms: follia, (literary) insania, pazzia === Further reading === vesania in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === inevasa, vanesia == Latin == === Etymology === From vēsānus (“mad, insane”) + -ia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [weːˈsaː.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈs̬aː.ni.a] === Noun === vēsānia f (genitive vēsāniae); first declension madness, insanity ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== vēsāniō vēsānus ==== Descendants ==== → English: vesania → Italian: vesania → Spanish: vesania === References === “vesania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vesania”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vesania”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vēsānia, derived from vēsānus (“mad, insane”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈsanja/ [beˈsa.nja] Rhymes: -anja Syllabification: ve‧sa‧nia === Noun === vesania f (plural vesanias) madness, insanity rage Synonyms: rabia, furor === Further reading === “vesania”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025