English Explanatory Dictionary

phrenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. phrenitis
  2. madness, frenzy

Word forms

phrenesis phreneses

Etymology

From Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”). Doublet of frenzy.

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