Definition of "vesania" in Englisch

noun

1. Madness, insanity, mental derangement.

   • 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...