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Frantic
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- 1 Insane, mentally unstable. archaic
"Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed."
- 2 In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
"They returned the missing child to his frantic mother."
- 3 Extremely energetic.
"frantic music"
- 1 excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion wordnet
- 2 marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion wordnet
- 1 A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman. archaic
"1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 3-5, How nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes?"
Etymology
From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.
From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.
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