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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fre·net·ic       [fruh-net-ik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
frantic; frenzied.
Also, fre·net·i·cal, phrenetic, phrenetical.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see frantic]

—Related forms
fre·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
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fre·net·ic or phre·net·ic       (frə-nět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.


[Middle English frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus, from Greek phrenītikos, from phrenītis, brain disease, from phrēn, mind; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots.]

fre·net'i·cal·ly adv., fre·net'i·cism (-ĭ-sĭz'əm) n.
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frenetic 
c.1374, from O.Fr. frenetike, from L. phreneticus "delirious," alteration of Gk. phrenitikos, from phrenitis "frenzy," lit. "inflammation of the brain," from phren "mind, reason" + -itis. The classical ph- was restored mid-16c.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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frenetic

adjective
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye" [syn: frantic] 

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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

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