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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Frenzy \Fren"zy\, n.; pl {Frenzies}. [OE. frenesie fransey F. fr['e]n['e]sie, L. phrenesis, fr Gr ? for ? disease of the mind, phrenitis, fr ? mind. Cf {Frantic}, {Phrenitis}.] 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. Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangment; alienation; aberration; delirium. See {Insanity}.
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