forcené

See also: forcène

English

A horse forcené.

Etymology

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹ.səˌneɪ/, /ˌfoɹ.səˈneɪ/
• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fɔɹ-/

Adjective

forcené (not comparable)

1. (chiefly heraldry, in reference to a horse) Rearing on the hind legs. (When another animal has this posture, it is termed rampant.)

   Synonyms: cabré, frighted, 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

• “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

• enforce

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.sə.ne/

Adjective

forcené (feminine forcenée, masculine plural forcenés, feminine plural forcenées)

1. crazed, frenzied, deranged

Noun

forcené m (plural forcenés)

1. maniac

   travailler comme un forcené ― to work like a maniac

Participle

forcené (feminine forcenée, masculine plural forcenés, feminine plural forcenées)

1. past participle of forcener

Further reading

• “forcené”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• confère, conféré, froncée

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French forsener (“to go mad”).

Adjective

forcené m (feminine singular forcenee, masculine plural forcenez, feminine plural forcenees)

1. insane; mad

Descendants

• French: forcené