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beside oneself

prep_phrase

Etymology

Possibly derived from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”), with "beside mind" evolving into "beside oneself".

  1. derived from παράνοια — “madness”

Definitions

  1. Overcome

    Overcome; consumed by an emotion.

    • His widow was beside herself with grief.
    • [...] he contemplated it most calmly. Comparatively, all other men, North and South, were beside themselves.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA