Meanings
Origin
- Ancient Greekπαράνοια“madness”
- Englishbeside oneself
Possibly derived from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”), with "beside mind" evolving into "beside oneself".
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Chinese Mandarin 異常激動 /异常激动
- 異常激動 /异常激动 (yìcháng jīdòng)consumed by an emotion
Czech být bez sebe
- být bez sebeconsumed by an emotion
Danish ude af sig selv
- ude af sig selvconsumed by an emotion
Esperanto ekstaza, krom si mem
- ekstazaconsumed by an emotion
- krom si memconsumed by an emotion
Finnish poissa tolaltaan
- poissa tolaltaanconsumed by an emotion
French dépassé, ne plus se sentir
- dépasséconsumed by an emotion
- ne plus se sentirconsumed by an emotion
German außer sich
- außer sichconsumed by an emotion
Hungarian magánkívül van, odavan
- magánkívül vanconsumed by an emotion
- odavanconsumed by an emotion
- nagyonconsumed by an emotion
Icelandic ekki með sjálfum sér
- ekki með sjálfum sérconsumed by an emotion
Italian fuori di sè
- fuori di sèconsumed by an emotion
Polish z siebie
- z siebieconsumed by an emotion
Portuguese fora de si
- fora de siconsumed by an emotion
Russian вне себя́
- вне себя́ (vne sebjá)consumed by an emotion
Spanish fuera de sí
- fuera de síconsumed by an emotion
Swedish utom sig
- utom sigconsumed by an emotion
Yiddish אויסער זיך
- אויסער זיך (oyser zikh)consumed by an emotion
Cite this entry
APA
beside oneself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beside%20oneself
MLA
“beside oneself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beside%20oneself. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beside oneself,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beside%20oneself.
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