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

But those are more bold than wise who deny their existence, and who profess to explain all occult phenomena and phrenetic moral aberrations by physical causes.

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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. 

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They tell us that, as the disorder proceeds, it eats into the brain; either causing the dog to be destroyed, or driving it phrenetic.

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"How you must laugh, stranger, at seeing those miserable creatures who stupidly believe they are copying your country," the beggarly phrenetic continued shouting.

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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