Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vesania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vesa-nia
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Madness, insanity, mental derangement.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2003: Overall, Cullen defined insanity (‘vesania’) as a nervous disorder. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 311)"
"1894: American Journal of Insanity (Baltimore, MD), Jul. 1894: It is a morbid condition, consisting of exacerbations of pruriginous sensations in the hairy parts of the body, accompanied by a vesania, that leads the subjects to try to get relief by pulling out the hairs..."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vēsānia, derived from vēsānus (“mad, insane”).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does vesania mean?: Madness, insanity, mental derangement.
Where does vesania come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin vēsānia, derived from vēsānus (“mad, insane”).

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