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vesania

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Madness, insanity, mental derangement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 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...

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History

Etymology

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