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frantic

fran·tic

UK/ˈfɹæn.tɪk/ US/ˈfræntɪk/ fairly common

adjective

1.

excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion

  • “frantic with anger and frustration”
  • “frenetic screams followed the accident”
  • “a frenzied look in his eye”
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2.

marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

  • “a crowd of delirious baseball fans”
  • “something frantic in their gaiety”
  • “a mad whirl of pleasure”
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Origin

From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.

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