frenetic
\ fruh-NET-ik \ , adjective;
1.
frantic; frenzied.
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Quotes:
"He is frenetic ," said some; "Possessed," exclaimed others. He did not try to injure anyone.
-- Lucien Arreat, "Pathology of Artists," The Alienist and Neurologist, Volume XIV , 1893
An airy structure; how the pennon from its dome, / Frenetic to be free, makes one red stretch for home!
-- Robert Browning, "Fifine at the Fair," 1872
Origin:
Frenetic came to English in the 1300s and ultimately comes from the Greek phrenitis which literally means "inflammation of the brain." Frenetic shares a root with frenzy .
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