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fran⋅tic

  [fran-tik]
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–adjective
1. desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
2. Archaic. insane; mad.
Origin:
1325–75; ME frantik, frenetik < OF frenetique < L phrenēticus delirious < Gk phrenētikós. See frenzy, -tic

Related forms:
fran⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, fran⋅tic⋅ly, adverb
fran⋅tic⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. overwrought, agitated, frenzied, distraught.
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fran·tic   (frān'tĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied: frantic with worry.
  2. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity: made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.
  3. Archaic Mad; insane.

[Middle English frantik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus; see frenetic.]
fran'ti·cal·ly, fran'tic·ly adv., fran'tic·ness n.
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Frantic

Fran"tic\, a. [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L. phreneticus, from Gr. ?. See Frenzy, and cf. Frenetic, Phrenetic.] Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.

Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.

Torrents of frantic abuse. --Macaulay. -- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. --Shak. -- Fran"tic*ness, n. --Johnson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : FRANTIC
Spanish: desesperado,
German: außer sich,
Japanese: 狂乱した
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frantic 
c.1362, "insane," unexplained variant of M.E. frentik (see frenetic). Transf. meaning "affected by wild excitement" is from c.1477.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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