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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
frantic

  1. mod.
    great; wild. : We had a frantic time at Chez Freddy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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