phrenetic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of phrenetic
1325–75; < Latin phrenēticus < Late Greek phrenētikós, Greek phrenītikós frenzied ( see phrenitis, -ic); replacing Middle English frenetike < Anglo-French < Latin as above; cf. frenetic
Example Sentences
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As the recitation of the prayers proceeds, you see the Boktè trembling in every limb, and gradually working himself up into phrenetic convulsions.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis
They tell us that, as the disorder proceeds, it eats into the brain; either causing the dog to be destroyed, or driving it phrenetic.
From The Dog by Dinks
Then the engine-driver would go on towards the sound of the guns till you wondered, made uneasy by the signs without, whether he was phrenetic and intended to run the enemy down.
From Waiting for Daylight by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
"How you must laugh, stranger, at seeing those miserable creatures who stupidly believe they are copying your country," the beggarly phrenetic continued shouting.
From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente
It was a phrenetic indictment, but under the paltry rhetoric of the man there was genuine indignation and pain.
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
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