frenzy

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun state of violent mental agitation

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

craze, delirium, fury, hysteria

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