See frenzy on Wiktionary
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"en:Anger"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "frensy"
},
"expansion": "Middle English frensy",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "frenesie"
},
"expansion": "Old French frenesie",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "phrenesis"
},
"expansion": "Latin phrenesis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "*φρένησις"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phrenesis"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of phrenesis",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "frenzies",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "frenzying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "frenzied",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "frenzied",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "frenzy (third-person singular simple present frenzies, present participle frenzying, simple past and past participle frenzied)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with uncommon senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1833, James Anthony Froude, Fraser's Magazine - Volume 7, page 456:",
"text": "Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1865, Gerrit Smith, Speeches and Letters of Gerrit Smith, page 14:",
"text": "Then there is the absorbing, not to say frenzying, interest, which attends our important elections.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To render frantic."
],
"links": [
[
"frantic",
"frantic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncommon) To render frantic."
],
"tags": [
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2009, Louise Southerden, Surf's Up: The Girl's Guide to Surfing, →ISBN:",
"text": "The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy."
],
"links": [
[
"feeding frenzy",
"feeding frenzy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹɛnzi/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-frenzy.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-us-frenzy.ogg/En-us-frenzy.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-us-frenzy.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "phrenzy"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "phrensy"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"frenzied"
],
"word": "frenzy"
}
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