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frenzy

nounmasculineliterário/fɾɨnɨˈzĩ/low

fre·ne·sim

Definition

A state of extreme excitement, agitation, or delirium.
The crowd went into a frenzy when the band appeared.
He worked with a frenzy that frightened his colleagues.
Common collocations
in a frenzycollective frenzyfrenzy of activity

Etymology

Do latim 'phrenesis', do grego 'phrénēsis' (loucura).

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