Definition
phrensy
noun
- a state of violent mental disturbance or delirium; frenzy or madness
Usage: archaic or literary; variant spelling of 'frenzy'
Examples
- The crowd fell into a phrensy of excitement when the band took the stage.
- In her phrensy, she could barely speak coherently.
- The phrensy of battle consumed the soldiers' minds.
- He descended into phrensy after hearing the terrible news.
- The phrensy of the mob made rational thought impossible.