Hypertext Webster Gateway: "berserk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Berserk \Ber"serk\, Berserker \Ber"serk*er\, n. [Icel.
berserkr.]
1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who
fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked,
regardless of wounds. --Longfellow.
2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
berserk
adj : in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the
soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a
berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amuck}, {amok},
{demoniac}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}]
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