forcené
English edit
Etymology edit
From French forcené (“rabid”), past participle of forcener (“to go mad, become enraged”), from Middle French, from Old French forsener (“to be mad with rage”) (compare Old French forsenede (“one who has lost his mind”)), from for- + sen (“sense, reason, mind”), from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mind, judgement”).
Cognate with German Sinn (“sense, meaning, mind”), Dutch zin (“sense, desire”). More at for-, sense.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoɹ.səˌneɪ/, /ˌfoɹ.səˈneɪ/
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fɔɹ-/[1]
Adjective edit
forcené (not comparable)
- (chiefly heraldry, in reference to a horse) Rearing on the hind legs. (When another animal has this posture, it is termed rampant.)
- 2021 October 13, Judith Nasby, The Making of a Museum, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 122:
- […] sinister parted per fess Gules and Azure, in chief a horse forcené Argent between in sinister chief and dexter base an ancient crown Or, and in base a cross Gules fimbriated Argent between in each quarter five plates in saltire, […]
- 2022 January 18, Charles Caramello, Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN:
- […] leading troops in the background, his horse forcené, his right arm gesturing both ahead to the summit and.
References edit
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “forcené”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “forcené”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From forcener (“to go mad, become enraged”), from Middle French, from Old French forsener (“to be mad with rage”) (compare Old French forsenede (“one who has lost his mind”)), from for- + sen (“sense, reason, mind”), from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mind, judgement”).
Cognate with German Sinn (“sense, meaning, mind”), Dutch zin (“sense, desire”). Related to asséner.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
forcené (feminine forcenée, masculine plural forcenés, feminine plural forcenées)
Noun edit
forcené m (plural forcenés)
- maniac
- travailler comme un forcené ― to work like a maniac
Participle edit
forcené (feminine forcenée, masculine plural forcenés, feminine plural forcenées)
Further reading edit
- “forcené”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French forsener (“to go mad”).
Adjective edit
forcené m (feminine singular forcenee, masculine plural forcenez, feminine plural forcenees)
Descendants edit
- French: forcené