Definition of frenetic in English

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frenetic

Pronunciation: /frəˈnɛtɪk/
ADJECTIVE

Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way:a frenetic pace of activity

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frenetically

Pronunciation: /frəˈnɛtɪk(ə)li/

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freneticism

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Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘insane’): from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greekphrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’. Compare with frantic.

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