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/bərsˈərk/ Listen

noun

Berserker, Berserk n.

(Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.

One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.

adjective

Berserk adj. Frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position.

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Etymology of 'Berserk'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Berserk" Quotes from Famous Books

... fail her? No, he was dashed if he could. He would show her what he was made of. His heart swelled within him. A thrill permeated his entire being, starting at his head and running out at his heels. He felt tremendous—a sort of blend of Oliver Cromwell, a Berserk warrior, ...

— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

... treacherous murder of the "henchmen". Then with a tremendous stroke of his broadsword he clove his rival from the shoulder to the loin. The barbarian frenzy, which the Scandinavian minstrels call the "fury of the Berserk", was in his heart, and with a savage laugh at his own too impetuous blow, he shouted as the corpse fell to the ground: "I think the weakling had never ...

— Theodoric the Goth - Barbarian Champion of Civilisation • Thomas Hodgkin

... Wore the long Winter out; Often our midnight shout Set the cocks crowing, As we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale, Draining the oaken pail, Filled ...

— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry

... uncomfortably, "Well, what would replace what we have now? If you took power from you Uppers, who could direct the country? The Lowers? That's not even funny. Take away their fracases and their trank pills and they'd go berserk. They don't ...

— Mercenary • Dallas McCord Reynolds