frantic
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin freneticus, Latin phreneticus or phreniticus, from Ancient Greek *φενητικός (phentikos), correctly *φρενιτικός (phrenitikos, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenitis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrēn, “the brain”).
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frantic (comparative more frantic, superlative most frantic)
- (now rare) Insane, mentally unstable.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
- They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
- Extremely energetic
- frantic music
- 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
- At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.
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In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush
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External links[edit]
- frantic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- frantic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- frantic at OneLook Dictionary Search
