Frenzy Definition

frĕnzē

frenzied, frenzies, frenzy

noun

frenzies

Wild or frantic outburst of feeling or action.

Webster's New World

Temporary madness or delirium.

American Heritage

A mania; a craze.

American Heritage

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verb

frenzied, frenzies, frenzy

To make frantic; drive mad.

Webster's New World

adjective

(obsolete) Mad; frantic.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Frenzy

Singular:

frenzy

Plural:

frenzies

From Middle English, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenitis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic.

From Wiktionary
Middle English frenesie from Old French from Medieval Latin phrenēsia from Latin phrenēsis back-formation from phrenēticus delirious frenetic

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition