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frenetic

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"Wildly active"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceefinrtStarts with FEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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