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Definition of Phrensy
1. n. Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy.
2. v. t. To render frantic.
Definition of Phrensy
1. Noun. Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. ¹
2. Verb. To render frantic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phrensy
1. to frenzy [v -SIED, -SYING, -SIES] - See also: frenzy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phrensy
Literary usage of Phrensy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations. Drawn from by George Crabb (1863)
"Madness and phrensy are used in the physical and moral sense; rage and fury only
in the moral sense : in the first case, madness is a confirmed derangement ..."
2. The works of William Cullen: containing his physiology, nosology, and first by William Cullen (1827)
"An idiopathic phrensy is a rare occurrence, a sympathic more frequent; and the
ascertaining either the one or the other is, upon many occasions, difficult. ..."
3. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"Charles fell suddenly into a fit of phrensy, which rendered him incapable of
exercising his authority; and although he partly recovered from that disorder, ..."
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