frenetik

Middle English

Alternative forms

• frantike, frantyke, frenetic, frenetyk, frentik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

frenetik

1. Deranged, insane; not of sound mind.

Descendants

• English: frantic; frenetic; phrenitic

References

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