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phrenetic

[ fri-net-ik ]
/ frɪˈnɛt ɪk /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR phrenetic

adjective Also phre·net·i·cal.

frenetic.
filled with extreme excitement; fanatic; frenzied.

noun

a phrenetic person.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM phrenetic

Words nearby phrenetic

phreatic zone, phreatophyte, phren-, phrenalgia, phrenemphraxis, phrenetic, phreni-, -phrenia, phrenic, phrenic artery, phrenicectomy
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Words related to phrenetic

furious, frantic, frenzied, obsessive, wild, ranting, irrational, berserk, fuming, delirious, mad, violent, demented, distraught, excited, fanatical, insane, overwrought, rabid, unbalanced

Example sentences from the Web for phrenetic

  • Yet here I sit, as yet unimmolated on the altar of phrenetic vengeance.

    Hard Cash|Charles Reade

  • This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination he found in his phrenetic exercises.

    Little Novels of Italy|Maurice Henry Hewlett

  • He is a foolish physician that cannot bear the words of a phrenetic or delirant patient.

    A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4)|Richard Baxter

British Dictionary definitions for phrenetic

phrenetic
/ (frɪˈnɛtɪk) /

adjective

an obsolete spelling of frenetic

Derived forms of phrenetic

phrenetically, adverbphreneticness, noun
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