franticity
/fɹænˈtɪsɪti/
franticity noun: the quality of being frantic.
Noun
franticity (uncountable)
- The quality of being frantic.
- They clambered over fences, waded through ditches, burst, heedless of briars and nettles, recklessly through hedges, and with all the speed and franticity of despair, they urged themselves towards the village, hoping and thinking that there, at least, they should find shelter from what Lord Bacon...1842, [James Malcolm Rymer], chapter LXVIII, in Phœbe; or, The Miller’s Maid. A Romance of Deep Interest., London: […] E. Lloyd, page 407
- The Republicans are reaching out their negro stained hands and welcoming to their embrace everything of the whole country who will swear eternal vengeance upon the Democracy; while their offering are grasped by the Southern American-know-nothing-whigs as eagerly and with the same franticity as...1859 May 24, The Daily Delta, volume 1, number 43, New Bern, N.C.
- Synonyms:
- franticness
Examples of franticity in a sentence
- We might add to Stewart’s description that our holidays are often celebrated with the same kind of active franticity or passive boredom which characterizes a good deal of what we call leisure time.1964, Robert Lee, “From Holy Days to Holidays”, in Religion and Leisure in America: A Study in Four Dimensions, New York, N.Y.; Nashville...
- How can the “rhythm of acting and reflecting, giving and receiving be infused into free time, so that it is not just active franticity or passive boredom, which Big Business is capitalizing on.”1968, The Cutting Edge: 43rd Annual Report, 1968, Board of Evangelism and Social Service, the United Church of Canada, Toronto, Ont.: the...
- There is, of course, a sort of hysteria or franticity apparent even on the beach; this is a different breed of people.1970 September 20, Don Engdahl, “The Beachcomber: Now Los Angeles--Ocean Closed”, in This World (San Francisco Sunday Examiner &...
- He had spent the night neither in darkness nor in sleep but in the artificially lit franticity of the canners graveyard shift.1973, Imola News, page 12:
Synonyms of franticity
Origin of franticity
From frantic + -ity.
Questions about franticity
- What does franticity mean?
- Franticity means the quality of being frantic.
- How do you use franticity in a sentence?
- We might add to Stewart’s description that our holidays are often celebrated with the same kind of active franticity or passive boredom which characterizes a good deal of what we call leisure time.
- What part of speech is franticity?
- Franticity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce franticity?
- Franticity is pronounced /fɹænˈtɪsɪti/.
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