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Frenzy
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage. All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison. The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak.
Synonyms: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangment; alienation; aberration; delirium. See Insanity.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] "Frenzying anguish." Southey.
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Mad; frantic. [R.] They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.