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phrenetic

[ fri-net-ik ]

adjective

  1. filled with extreme excitement; fanatic; frenzied.


noun

  1. a phrenetic person.

phrenetic

/ ڰɪˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. an obsolete spelling of frenetic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱپԱ, noun
  • ˈԱپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·Աi·· adverb
  • ·Աi·Ա noun
  • ԴDzp·Աi adjective
  • non·Աi·· adverb
  • i··Աi adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phrenetic1

1325–75; < Latin ŧپܲ < Late Greek ŧپó, Greek īپó frenzied ( phrenitis, -ic ); replacing Middle English frenetike < Anglo-French < Latin as above; frenetic
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Example Sentences

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But those are more bold than wise who deny their existence, and who profess to explain all occult phenomena and phrenetic moral aberrations by physical causes.

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As the recitation of the prayers proceeds, you see the Boktè trembling in every limb, and gradually working himself up into phrenetic convulsions. 

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They tell us that, as the disorder proceeds, it eats into the brain; either causing the dog to be destroyed, or driving it phrenetic.

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"How you must laugh, stranger, at seeing those miserable creatures who stupidly believe they are copying your country," the beggarly phrenetic continued shouting.

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Indeed, this word phrenetic or maniac is no reproach; it is identical with mantic --prophetic.

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