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Dec. 27, 2014

frenetic \fruh-NET-ik\ adjective 1. frantic; frenzied. Quotes "He is frenetic," said some; "Possessed," exclaimed others. He did not try to injure anyone. -- Lucien Arreat, "Pathology of Artists," The Alienist and Neurologist, Volume XIV, 1893 Origin Frenetic came to English in the 1300s and ultimately comes from the Greek phrenitis which literally means "inflammation of the brain." Frenetic shares a root with frenzy.

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