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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fri-net-ik
Phonetic Transcription : frɪˈnɛt ɪk



Definition of phrenetic

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French frenetike "mad, crazy" (13c.), from Latin phreneticus, from Greek phren "diaphragm, heart, mind" (see phreno-). A doublet of frantic.
  • As in raving : adj maniacal
  • As in frenetic : adj maniacal
Example sentences :
  • Yet here I sit, as yet unimmolated on the altar of phrenetic vengeance.
  • Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade
  • He is a foolish physician that cannot bear the words of a phrenetic or delirant patient.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination he found in his phrenetic exercises.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Synonyms for phrenetic

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