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berserk

ber·serk [ bər súrk, bər zúrk ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. very angry: behaving in an uncontrolled way as a result of anger or irrational feeling
go berserk

2. very excited: extremely excited or enthusiastic about something ( informal )
The audience went berserk when she finally appeared.

[Early 19th century. < Old Norse berserk "wild warrior," probably < the stem of bjorn "bear" + serkr "shirt"]

ber·serk·ly adverb
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