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phre⋅net⋅ic

  [fri-net-ik]
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–adjective Also, phre⋅net⋅i⋅cal.
1. frenetic.
2. filled with extreme excitement; fanatic; frenzied.
–noun
3. a phrenetic person.
Origin:
1325–75; < L phrenēticus < LGk phrenētikós, Gk phrenītikós frenzied (see phrenitis, -ic ); r. ME frenetike < AF < L as above; cf. frenetic

Related forms:
phre⋅net⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
phre⋅net⋅ic⋅ness, noun

fre⋅net⋅ic

  [fruh-net-ik]
–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)   
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.
phre·net·ic   (frə-nět'ĭk)   
adj.  Variants of frenetic.
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Word Origin & History

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.

phrenetic 
c.1374, from O.Fr. frenetike, from L. phreneticus, from Gk. phrenetikos "mad, delirious, frantic," from phren (gen. phrenos) "diaphragm, heart, mind," of unknown origin. A doublet of frantic.
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Medical Dictionary

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

phrenetic phre·net·ic (frə-nět'ĭk)
adj.
Variant of frenetic.

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