Franticity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being frantic. uncountable
"They clambered over fences, waded through ditches, burst, heedless of briars and nettles, recklessly through hedges, and with all the speed and franticity of despair, they urged themselves towards the village, hoping and thinking that there, at least, they should find shelter from what Lord Bacon would have called “wild justice.”"
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More examples"They clambered over fences, waded through ditches, burst, heedless of briars and nettles, recklessly through hedges, and with all the speed and franticity of despair, they urged themselves towards the village, hoping and thinking that there, at least, they should find shelter from what Lord Bacon would have called “wild justice.”"
Etymology
From frantic + -ity.
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