English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin effrēnātus (unbridled, let loose), past participle of effrēnō (unbridle, let loose).

Adjective edit

effrenate (comparative more effrenate, superlative most effrenate)

  1. (obsolete) Unrestrained.

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Latin edit

Adverb edit

effrēnātē (comparative effrēnātius, superlative effrēnātissimē)

  1. unrestrainedly, violently

Usage notes edit

The superlative effrēnātissimē is unattested in Classical Latin and very rare elsewhere.

References edit

  • effrenate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • effrenate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effrenate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.