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Definition of Phrenetic
1. Adjective. Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. "A frenzied look in his eye"
Definition of Phrenetic
1. a. Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic.
2. n. One who is phrenetic.
Definition of Phrenetic
1. Adjective. (dated form of frenetic) ¹
2. Noun. (dated form of frenetic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phrenetic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Phrenetic
1. 1. Frenzied; maniacal. 2. An individual exhibiting such behaviour. Origin: G. Phrenitikos, frenzied (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phrenetic
Literary usage of Phrenetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Synonymical Terms of the English Language by James Rawson (1850)
"Violent, raging, mad, phrenetic, frantic, boisterous, impetuous. To FURNISH.—Provide,
supply, procure, store, equip. FURNITURE.—Goods, vessels, utensils ..."
2. The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth by William Roscoe (1805)
"... phrenetic, exclaiming, Out of Italy, French! Out, Alfonso of Este! but Muratori
conjectures ... phrenetic ..."
3. A German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied Sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... m. frog-spawn Froschlaich-artig, a. resembling a. phrenetic, frenzied ,/.
to devour, to eat ; to ; to spread, to fester, to i. corrosive, ..."
4. Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography, Pronunciation and by Arnold James Cooley (1861)
"45. The petiole of a leafless plant wh. assumes the appear, and performs the
fune, of a leaf, (bot.) [LJ phrenetic, fre-nef-Ik, fren'-it-Ik—Jo.,K.,Sh., a. ..."
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