effrenate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin effrēnātus (“unbridled, let loose”), past participle of effrēnō (“unbridle, let loose”).

Adjective[edit]

effrenate (comparative more effrenate, superlative most effrenate)

  1. (obsolete) Unrestrained.

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Latin[edit]

Adverb[edit]

effrēnātē (comparative effrēnātius, superlative effrēnātissimē)

  1. unrestrainedly, violently

Usage notes[edit]

The superlative effrēnātissimē is unattested in Classical Latin and very rare elsewhere.

References[edit]

  • “effrenate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “effrenate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effrenate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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