fren|zy

fren|zy
fren|zy «FREHN zee», noun, plural -ziesverb, -zied, -zy|ing.
–n.
1. near madness; frantic condition; mental derangement: »

She was in a frenzy of grief when she heard that her child was missing. Demoniac frenzy, moping melancholy, And moon-struck madness (Milton).

2. very great excitement: »

a frenzy of haste. The crowd was in a frenzy after the home team scored the winning goal. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven (Shakespeare).

 SYNONYM(S): furor, delirium.
–v.t.
to drive (a person) to frenzy; infuriate.
╂[< Old French frenesie, learned borrowing from Medieval Latin phrenesia < Latin phrenēsis < Greek phr mind]

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