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   frenzy

   /ˈfrɛnzi/

   noun

   • 1. a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour: "Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage" Similar hysteriamadnessmaniainsanityderangementdementednessdeliriumfeverishnessfeverwildnessdistractionagitationturmoiltumultwild excitementeuphoriaelationecstasyinformal:crazinessrare:delirationfitseizureparoxysmspasmboutoutburstfermentfeverstorm

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French frenesie, from medieval Latin phrenesia, from Latin phrenesis, from Greek phrēn ‘mind’.

   Scrabble Points: 21

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