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phrenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phre-n-e-sis
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

phrenitis

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

madness, frenzy

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”). Doublet of frenzy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: phrenesis, *φρένησις

Usage

Inflected Forms

phreneses (plural)

Questions

What does phrenesis mean?
phrenitis
Where does phrenesis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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