What does "frenzy" mean?
Frenzy: 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. See Insanity.
Additional senses
- 2.Mad; frantic. [R.] They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.
- 3.To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] "Frenzying anguish." Southey.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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