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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury;
[syn: berserker, berserk]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. frenzied as if possessed by a demon;
- Example: "the soldier was completely amuck"
- Example: "berserk with grief"
- Example: "a berserk worker smashing windows"
[syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Berserk \Ber"serk\, Berserker \Ber"serk*er\, n. [Icel.
   berserkr.]
   1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who
      fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked,
      regardless of wounds. --Longfellow.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Berserk \Ber*serk"\ (b[~e]r*s[~e]rk"; b[~e]r*z[~e]rk";
   b[~e]r"s[~e]rk) a. [See berserk, n.]
   frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position.
   [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

berserk
    adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was
           completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk
           worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok,
           berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]
    n 1: one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working
         themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with
         reckless savagery and insane fury [syn: berserker,
         berserk]