fanaticadj.n.
A. adj.† 1.
a. Of an action or speech: Such as might result from possession by a deity or demon; frantic, furious. Of a person: Frenzied, mad. Obs.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective]
retheeOE
hotOE
strongOE
woodlyc1000
un-i-rideOE
stoura1122
brathc1175
unridec1175
unrudec1225
starklyc1275
toughc1275
wood1297
ragec1330
unrekena1350
biga1375
furialc1386
outrageousc1390
savagea1393
violenta1393
bremelya1400
snarta1400
wrothlya1400
fightingc1400
runishc1400
dour?a1425
derfc1440
churlousa1450
roida1450
fervent1465
churlish1477
orgulous1483
felona1500
brathfula1522
brathlya1525
fanatic1533
furious1535
boisterous1544
blusterous1548
ungentle1551
sore1563
full-mouthed1594
savage wild1595
Herculean1602
shrill1608
robustious1612
efferous1614
thundering1618
churly1620
ferocient1655
turbulent1656
efferate1684
knock-me-down1760
haggard-wild1786
ensanguined1806
rammish1807
fulminatory1820
riproarious1830
natural1832
survigrous1835
sabre-toothed1849
cataclysmal1861
thunderous1874
fierce1912
cataractal1926
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with
woodc725
woodsekc890
giddyc1000
out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000
witlessc1000
brainsickOE
amadc1225
lunaticc1290
madc1330
sickc1340
brain-wooda1375
out of one's minda1387
frenetica1398
fonda1400
formada1400
unwisea1400
brainc1400
unwholec1400
alienate?a1425
brainless1434
distract of one's wits1470
madfula1475
furious1475
distract1481
fro oneself1483
beside oneself1490
beside one's patience1490
dementa1500
red-wood?1507
extraught1509
misminded1509
peevish1523
bedlam-ripe1525
straughta1529
fanatic1533
bedlama1535
daft1540
unsounda1547
stark raving (also staring) mad1548
distraughted1572
insane1575
acrazeda1577
past oneself1576
frenzy1577
poll-mad1577
out of one's senses1580
maddeda1586
frenetical1588
distempered1593
distraught1597
crazed1599
diswitted1599
idle-headed1599
lymphatical1603
extract1608
madling1608
distracteda1616
informala1616
far gone1616
crazy1617
March mada1625
non compos mentis1628
brain-crazed1632
demented1632
crack-brained1634
arreptitiousa1641
dementate1640
dementated1650
brain-crackeda1652
insaniated1652
exsensed1654
bedlam-witteda1657
lymphatic1656
mad-like1679
dementative1685
non compos1699
beside one's gravity1716
hyte1720
lymphated1727
out of one's head1733
maddened1735
swivel-eyed1758
wrong1765
brainsickly1770
fatuous1773
derangedc1790
alienated1793
shake-brained1793
crack-headed1796
flighty1802
wowf1802
doitrified1808
phrenesiac1814
bedlamite1815
mad-braineda1822
fey1823
bedlamitish1824
skire1825
beside one's wits1827
as mad as a hatter1829
crazied1842
off one's head1842
bemadded1850
loco1852
off one's nut1858
off his chump1864
unsane1867
meshuga1868
non-sane1868
loony1872
bee-headed1879
off one's onion1881
off one's base1882
(to go) off one's dot1883
locoed1885
screwy1887
off one's rocker1890
balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891
meshuggener1892
nutty1892
buggy1893
bughouse1894
off one's pannikin1894
ratty1895
off one's trolley1896
batchy1898
twisted1900
batsc1901
batty1903
dippy1903
bugs1904
dingy1904
up the (also a) pole1904
nut1906
nuts1908
nutty as a fruitcake1911
bugged1920
potty1920
cuckoo1923
nutsy1923
puggled1923
blah1924
détraqué1925
doolally1925
off one's rocket1925
puggle1925
mental1927
phooey1927
crackers1928
squirrelly1928
over the edge1929
round the bend1929
lakes1934
ding-a-ling1935
wacky1935
screwball1936
dingbats1937
Asiatic1938
parlatic1941
troppo1941
up the creek1941
screwed-up1943
bonkers1945
psychological1952
out to lunch1955
starkers1956
off (one's) squiff1960
round the twist1960
yampy1963
out of (also off) one's bird1966
out of one's skull1967
whacked out1969
batshit1971
woo-woo1971
nutso1973
out of (one's) gourd1977
wacko1977
off one's meds1986
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > of actions or things
frenetica1529
fanatic1533
frenetical1548
insane1842
crazy1855
swivel-eyed1983
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 356 This uncouth and terribil buschement..ruschit..with phanatik and wod cours on thare inemyis.
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 71 Such fanatike and fond observations.
1626 J. Minsheu Ductor in Linguas (ed. 2) Fanatick, mad, franticke, also inspired with a prophetical furie.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 221 Some think..the torryd Zone, [signifies] the fierie sword; and such other fanatick fancies.
1643 R. Baker Chron.: Edward II 148 A fanatick fellow..gave forth, that himselfe was th[e] true Edward.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 41 Persons divinely inspired, and fanatick.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
b. Comb.
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1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. B1v, They are..prowd phanatike spirited counterfaites.
1926 W. J. Locke Stories Near & Far 225 A bearded, fanatic-eyed..figure.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xx. 447 Fanaticfaced country preachers.
2. Of persons, their actions, attributes, etc.: Characterized, influenced, or prompted by excessive and mistaken enthusiasm, esp. in religious matters.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > [adjective]
fanatical?1550
zealotical1630
zealot1641
zealotic1657
fanatic1659
synagoguish1690
unsaving1714
swivel-eyed1758
hobby-horsical1761
1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 169 Papists, Atheists, and fanatic persons.
1659–60 Monk Speech 6 Feb. in A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 303 Be careful neither the cavalier nor phanatique party have yet a share in your civil..power.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 215 All our lunatic fanatic Sects.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 266 The Lord Mayor..Opposing all Their Fanatick humours..grew to be reckon'd in the First Form of the Malignants.
1710 Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) i. 42 (note) The Two Principal Qualifications of a Phanatick Preacher are [etc.].
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 58 The cloisters..fell victims to fanatic fury.
1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) x. 39 The Fanatic legions of the desert.
1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Oct. 5/5 Banded..in fanatic and violent opposition to the measure.
B. n.† 1. A mad person. In later use: A religious maniac. Obs.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person
woodman1297
madmanc1330
lunatic1377
franticc1380
madwomana1438
March harec1500
Bedlam beggar1525
fanaticc1525
bedlama1529
frenetic1528
Jack o' Bedlam1528
Tom o' Bedlam1569
crack-brain1570
madbrain1570
Tom1575
madcap1589
gelt1596
madhead1600
brainsick1605
madpash1611
non compos1628
madling1638
bedlam-man1658
bedlamerc1675
fan1682
bedlamite1691
cracka1701
lymphatic1708
shatter-brain1719
mad1729
maniaca1763
non compos mentis1765
shatter-pate1775
shatter-wit1775
insane1786
craze1831
dement1857
crazy1867
crackpot1883
loony1884
bug1885
psychopath1885
dingbat1887
psychopathic1890
ding-a-ling1899
meshuggener1900
détraqué1902
maddiea1903
nut1908
mental1913
ding1929
lakes1934
wack1938
fruitcake1942
nutty1942
barm-pot1951
nutcake1953
nutter1958
nutcase1959
nut job1959
meshuga1962
nutsy1964
headcase1965
nutball1968
headbanger1973
nutso1975
wacko1977
nut bar1978
mentalist1990
c1525 Robin Hood 160 Fool, fanatick, baboon.
1655 M. Casaubon Treat. Enthvsiasme 7 One Orpheus, a mere fanatick.
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 213 Dr. G[all] gave..hints how to treat fanatics, by using topical remedies and poultices.
2.
a. A fanatic person; a visionary; an unreasoning enthusiast. Applied in the latter half of the 17th c. to Nonconformists as a hostile epithet.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > nonconformity > [noun] > person
recusant1581
disagreer1605
unconformitant1605
nonconformist1618
non-conformer1622
nonconformitan1622
nonconformitantc1630
inconformist1633
dissenter1639
unconformist1640
fanatic1644
non-conformant1654
withdrawer1677
non-consenter1680
non-con1681
meeting-house man1711
shit-sack1769
dissident1790
meetinger1802
chapel-goer1842
speckle-belly1874
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person
fantastical1589
fantastic1598
earwig brain1599
extravagant1627
fanatic1644
energumen1660
original1675
toy-pate1702
gig1777
quiz1780
quoz?1780
rum touch1800
crotcheteer1815
pistol1828
eccentric1832
case1833
originalist1835
cure1856
crotchet-monger1874
curiosity1874
crank1881
crackpot1883
faddist1883
schwärmer1884
hard case1892
finger1899
mad hatter1905
nut1908
numéro1924
screwball1933
wack1938
fruitcake1942
odd bod1942
oddball1943
ghoster1953
raver1959
kook1960
flake1968
woo-woo1972
zonky1972
wacko1977
headbanger1981
1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 44 Gratia gratum faciens, Saving Grace, as some fanatickes and fantastickes fondly imagine.
1657 J. Gaule Sapientia Justificata 11 Enthusiasts, Anabaptists, Fanaticks, and Familists.
1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. l. 77 A new word Coyned within few moneths called Fanaticks..seemeth well..proportioned to signifie..the Sectaries of our Age.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 15 Apr. (1970) I. 109 The Phanatiques have held up their heads high since Lambert got out of the Tower.
1709 Evans in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 10 Nov. D. Sacheverel..thunderd..against ye phanaticks.
a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. vii. 150 Henry the Fourth of France..was unexpectedly murdered by a wretched fanatic.
1859 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh I. 20 The man of one idea, who works at nothing but that..sacrifices everything to that; the fanatic in short.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. iii. 269 The Jews..were troublesome fanatics whom it was equally difficult to govern or destroy.
b. A fanatical devotee of.
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the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > enthusiasm (for something) > enthusiast for person or thing
votary1594
votary1594
well-willer1607
lief-hebber1653
enthusiast1748
amateur1771
fanatic1790
red-hot1835
freak1908
hound1926
fan1928
televisionary1928
tifoso1949
person1966
prosumer1987
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > devoted
faithful?1555
votary1594
old faithful1648
fanatic1790
aficionado1802
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 36 Those exploded fanatics of slavery. View more context for this quotation
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1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. xi. 20 To shew, tho' conquer'd, they abhor (Fanatick like) all sov'reign Pow'r.
1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) II. vii. 62 Robinson's mischievous intent to go a fanatick hunting.
Derivatives
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness
woodnessc1000
woodshipc1000
madshipc1225
woodc1275
woodhead1303
ragec1330
amentiaa1398
madnessa1398
frenzy?a1400
madheada1400
maddingc1400
alienation?a1425
furiosity?a1475
derverye1480
forcenery1480
furiousnessc1500
unwitness1527
unwitting1527
demencya1529
straughtness1530
insaniea1538
brainsickness1541
lunacy1541
amenty1557
distraughtness1576
dementation?1583
straughtedness1583
insanity1590
crazedness1593
bedlam1598
dementia1598
insanation1599
non compos mentis1607
distraction1609
daffinga1614
disinsanitya1625
cerebrosity1647
vecordy1656
fanaticness1662
non-sanity1675
insaneness1730
craziness1755
hydrophobia1760
vecord1788
derangement1800
vesania1800
a screw loose1810
unsoundness1825
dementedness1833
craze1841
psychosis1847
crackiness1861
feyness1873
crack1891
meshugas1898
white ant1908
crackedness1910
pottiness1933
loopiness1939
wackiness1941
screwballism1942
kink1959
1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme Complexions in Remainder Bks. 17 Which is Phrenzie, Madnesse and Phanatiquenesse.
1665 J. Sergeant Sure Footing 108 The denying Tradition is a proper..disposition to Fanatickness.
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