Frenetic Definition

Origin of Frenetic

• Middle English frenetik from Old French frenetique from Latin phrenēticus from Greek phrenītikos from phrenītis brain disease from phrēn mind gwhren- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikos, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenitis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrēn, “mind”). Compare frantic.

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