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phrenzy

phrenzy is the obsolete spelling of frenzy.

Meaning of frenzy

Noun

frenzy (countable and uncountable, plural frenzies)

  1. A state of wild activity or panic.
    • international media frenzy
  2. A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
    • The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...

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Forms of phrenzy

pluralphrenzies

Questions about phrenzy

What is phrenzy the obsolete spelling of?
Phrenzy is the obsolete spelling of frenzy.

Words near phrenzy in the dictionary

  1. phrentic
  2. phrentick
  3. phrenzied
  4. phrenziedly
  5. phrenzies
  6. phrenzy
  7. phreodrilid
  8. phreodrilids
  9. phrixotoxin
  10. phrixotoxins
  11. Phrixus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phrenzy (page history and authors); frenzy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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