frenetik

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

frantike, frantyke, frenetic, frenetyk, frentik

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós). Compare frenesie; see there for pronunciations with /a/.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /frɛn(ɛ)ˈtiːk/, /fran(ɛ)ˈtiːk/, /ˈfrɛn(ɛ)tik/, /ˈfran(ɛ)tik/

Adjective edit

frenetik

Deranged, insane; not of sound mind.

Descendants edit

English: frantic; frenetic; phrenitic

References edit

“frenetī̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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