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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Frenzy

/(frĕn"zy̆)/ · Fren·zy · IPA /ˈfɹɛnzi/
01 n. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
pl. Frenzies ((frĕn"zĭz))
  1. 1.
    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; derangement; alienation; aberration; delirium. See Insanity.
02 a. Mad; frantic.
  1. 1.
    Mad; frantic.[R.]
    “They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.” — Bunyan.
03 v. t. To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness
  1. 1.
    To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness[R.]