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phrenetic definition

phre·netic (fri net′ik)

adjective

Archaic frenetic

Etymology: ME frenetik < OFr frenetique < L phreneticus < Gr phrenētikos, mad, suffering with inflammation of the brain < phrenitis, delirium < phrēn (see phreno-) + -itis, -itis

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