phrensy

/ ˈfrɛnzɪ /

noun

1. an obsolete spelling of frenzy

Example Sentences

“Rage and phrensy will pull down more in half an hour, than prudence, deliberation and foresight can build up in a hundred years.”

From New York Times

The Brits wrote that what they saw was "hideous" and "uncommonly savage," and that what they heard—the haka's rhythmic chants—were "the loudest and most dreadful vociferations, which gradually worked them up to a kind of phrensy."

From Chicago Tribune

"Thank you, Count, thank you," cried the man, grasping his hand in his with the vehemence of actual phrensy.

From Project Gutenberg

This threw him into the most raging phrensy, and inspired the genius of cruelty with new life and energy.

From Project Gutenberg

As he went on, he spoke more and more rapidly, and his eye rolled over the magistrates, as he lashed himself into phrensy, by a recapitulation of his sufferings and his wrongs.

From Project Gutenberg