Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Panic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Panic \Pan"ic\, n. [Gr. ? (with or without ? fear): cf. F.
panigue. See {Panic}, a.]
1. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and
groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or
a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized
with a panic; they fled in a panic.
2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension
concerning financial affairs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Panic \Pan"ic\, n. [L. panicum.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Panicum}; panic grass; also, the edible
grain of some species of panic grass.
{Panic grass} (Bot.), any grass of the genus {Panicum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Panic \Pan"ic\, a. [Gr. ? of or pertaining to ? Pan, to whom the
causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.]
Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of
fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. ``A panic
fright.'' --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
panic
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: {terror}]
2: sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic
in the stock market"; "a war scare" [syn: {scare}]
v 1: feel panic; "The students panicked when told that final
exams were less than a week away"
2: cause panic in; fill with panic; "Th mere thought of an
isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
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