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frenzy

noun
/ˈfɹɛnzi/

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.

  1. derived from *φρένησις✻
  2. derived from phrenesis
  3. derived from frenesie
  4. inherited from frensy

Definitions

  1. A state of wild activity or panic.

    • international media frenzy
    • She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
    • It is during these frenzies that sharks have been known to bite everything in sight, including other sharks engaged in the same activity.

  2. A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness

    A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

    • The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.
    • All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
    • He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.

  3. Mad

    Mad; frantic.

    • They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To render frantic.

      • Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate.
      • Then there is the absorbing, not to say frenzying, interest, which attends our important elections.

    2. To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.

      • The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.

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Derived

feeding frenzy, frenzical, frenzily

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at frenzy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01frenzy02panic03sudden04precipitate05violently06intensely07intense08ardent09enthusiasm

A definitional loop anchored at frenzy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at frenzy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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