BERSERK

PRONUNCIATION: (ber-SURK/ZURK)

MEANING: adjective: Frenzied or deranged, especially in a violent manner.
noun: One who has become frenzied or deranged.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse berserkr (bear-shirt), from ber (bear), feminine of björn (bear) + serkr (shirt). Earliest documented use: 1814.
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BEESERK - how bees behave when their hive is threatened

BESSER: K - the twelfth meaning of the German word for "better"

BETS 'ER 'K - it's legal to wager