mental derangement
61frostbite — /frawst buyt , frost /, n., v., frostbit, frostbitten, frostbiting. n. 1. injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene. v.t. 2. to injure by frost or… …
62ecstasy, mysticism, and hallucinations — The term ecstasy comes from the Greek noun ekstasis, which has a variety of meanings and connotations, including departure, dismissal, mental derangement, and poignancy. In the present context it translates loosely as being outside oneself .… …
63paranoia — (n.) mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions, 1848 (earlier paranoea 1811), from Gk. paranoia mental derangement, madness, from paranoos mentally ill, insane, from para beside, beyond (see PARA (Cf. para )) + noos mind. FOR… …
64frenzy — n 1. fury, rage, ire, furor, wrath, choler, spleen; mental agitation, tantrum, Sl. fit; monomania, obsession, fixation; fanaticism, fanaticalness, passion, excessive zeal, overzealousness, overeagerness; transport, rapture, ecstasy, nympholepsy,… …
65neurosis — n psychoneurosis, mental illness, psychological or emotional disorder, mental disturbance, emotional instability, mental derangement, psychopathy; sickness, ailment, malady, affliction, disease; abnormality, abnormal condition, irregularity,… …
66Lunacies — Lunacy Lu na*cy, n.; pl. {Lunacies}. [See {Lunatic}.] 1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind,… …
67Lunacy — Lu na*cy, n.; pl. {Lunacies}. [See {Lunatic}.] 1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except… …
68History of the Roman Empire — The broader history of the Roman Empire extends through 15 centuries and includes several stages in the evolution of the Roman state. It encompasses the period of the ancient Roman Empire, the period in which it was divided into western and… …
69Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …
70Nerval, Gérard de — ▪ French poet pseudonym of Gérard Labrunie born May 22, 1808, Paris, France died January 26, 1855, Paris French Romantic poet whose themes and preoccupations were to greatly influence the Symbolists and Surrealists. Nerval s father …
