Phrenetic
[fri-net-ik] /frɪˈnɛt ɪk/
adjective, Also, phrenetical
1.
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2.
filled with extreme excitement; fanatic; frenzied.
noun
3.
a phrenetic person.
/frɪˈnɛtɪk/
adjective
1.
an obsolete spelling of frenetic
adj.
late 14c., from Old French frenetike “mad, crazy” (13c.), from Latin phreneticus, from Greek phren “diaphragm, heart, mind” (see phreno-). A doublet of frantic.
phrenetic phre·net·ic (frə-nět’ĭk)
adj.
Variant of frenetic.
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