Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frenzy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frenzy \Fren"zy\, n.; pl. {Frenzies}. [OE. frenesie, fransey, F.
fr['e]n['e]sie, L. phrenesis, fr. Gr. ? for ? disease of the
mind, phrenitis, fr. ? mind. Cf. {Frantic}, {Phrenitis}.]
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.
Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangment; alienation;
aberration; delirium. See {Insanity}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frenzy \Fren"zy\, a.
Mad; frantic. [R.]
They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into
his head. --Bunyan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Frenzy \Fren"zy\, v. t.
To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness [R.] ``Frenzying
anguish.'' --Southey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frenzy
n : state of violent mental agitation [syn: {craze}, {delirium},
{fury}, {hysteria}]
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