Frenetic


[fruh-net-ik] /frəˈnɛt ɪk/

adjective
1.
; frenzied.
/frɪˈnɛtɪk/
adjective
1.
distracted or frantic; frenzied
adj.

late 14c., from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus “delirious,” alteration of Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis “frenzy,” literally “inflammation of the brain,” from phren “mind, reason” (from PIE *gwhren- “to think”) + -itis. The classical ph- was restored mid-16c. Related: Frenetically.

frenetic fre·net·ic or phre·net·ic (frə-nět’ĭk)
adj.
Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.

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