Definitions
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
Word origin
From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic.
Used in a sentence
“After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.”
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01“Wildly active”8 letters
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