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  4  definitions  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Frenzy  \Fren"zy\,  a. 
  Mad;  frantic.  [R.] 
 
  They  thought  that  some  frenzy  distemper  had  got  into 
  his  head.  --Bunyan. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Frenzy  \Fren"zy\,  v.  t. 
  To  affect  with  frenzy;  to  drive  to  madness  [R.]  ``Frenzying 
  anguish.''  --Southey. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  frenzy 
  n  :  state  of  violent  mental  agitation  [syn:  {craze},  {delirium}, 
  {fury},  {hysteria}] 




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