Vesania
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vesania is a noun meaning Madness, insanity, mental derangement.
Meaning
Madness, insanity, mental derangement.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dementia, mania, semimadness, lunacy, distraction, madness.
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