phrenetic

[ fri-net-ik ]

adjective

1. frenetic.
2. filled with extreme excitement; fanatic; frenzied.

noun

1. a phrenetic person.

phrenetic

/ frɪˈnɛtɪk /

adjective

1. an obsolete spelling of frenetic

Derived Forms

• phreˈneticness, noun
• phreˈnetically, adverb

Other Words From

• phre·neti·cal·ly adverb
• phre·netic·ness noun
• nonphre·netic adjective
• nonphre·neti·cal·ly adverb
• semi·phre·netic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of phrenetic¹

1325–75; < Latin phrenēticus < Late Greek phrenētikós, Greek phrenītikós frenzied ( phrenitis, -ic ); replacing Middle English frenetike < Anglo-French < Latin as above; frenetic

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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Indeed, this word phrenetic or maniac is no reproach; it is identical with mantic --prophetic.

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Related Words

• frantic
• frenzied
• furious
• obsessive