First Known Use: 14th century
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frenetic
adjective fre·net·ic \fri-ˈne-tik\
: filled with excitement, activity, or confusion : wild or frantic
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Origin of FRENETIC
Middle English frenetik insane, from Anglo-French, from Latin phreneticus, modification of Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis inflammation of the brain, from phren-, phrēn diaphragm, mind
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aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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