Phrenitis

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Phrenitis
Author: Noah Webster

PHREN’ITIS, n. [Gr. from the mind; L. animus, animosus,and the Teutonic mod; Eng. mood.]

1. In medicine, an inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium.

2. Madness, or partial madness; delirium; phrenzy. [It is generally written in English, phrensy or frenzy.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Phrenitis," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed March 19, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=54RHE65CLL2ZZW5.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Phrenitis." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 19 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=54RHE65CLL2ZZW5.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Phrenitis' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 19 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=54RHE65CLL2ZZW5.