phrenetic
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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
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This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination he found in his phrenetic exercises.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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
Indeed, this word phrenetic or maniac is no reproach; it is identical with mantic --prophetic.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
The native Irish, then, have a remarkable tradition, as old, at least, as the seventh or eighth century, that phrenetic madmen lose the corporeal quality of weight.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
I swore it in a mighty frenzy of repentance, in a very lust to do battle with Satan and with my own flesh and a phrenetic joy to engage in the awful combat.
From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael
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