fre·net·ic or phre·net·ic  (frə-nět'ĭk)  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. |