phrentic
English
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editphrentic (comparative more phrentic, superlative most phrentic)
- Obsolete form of frenetic.
- a. 1810, Joseph Blacket, Remains:
- Fantastic images, a various train,
Burst from the glowing prison of the brain;
And while the raptur'd Bard records their birth,
His phrentic eye glances from heaven to earth.
References
edit- “phrentic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.