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frenzied, ppl. a.|ˈfrɛnzɪd| [f. frenzy v. + -ed1.] Affected with or characterized by frenzy; crazy, mad; distracted, frantic; wildly enthusiastic.
1796Jane West Gossip's Story I. 156 His troubl'd soul to phrensy'd rage By fancy'd wrong was stung. 1796–7Coleridge Sonn., To Author of ‘The Robbers’, Wandering at eve with finely frenzied eye. 1808Scott Marm. i. xxix, St. Fillan's blessed well, Whose springs can frenzied dreams dispel. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxviii, He danced in a frenzied manner round the sofa. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) I. ix. 312 Gatherings of frenzied enthusiasts. Hence ˈfrenziedly adv., in a frenzied manner.
1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xiv. 158 They bark frenziedly at nothing. |