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phrantick

phrantick is the obsolete form of frantic.

Meaning of frantic

Adjective

frantic (comparative more frantic, superlative most frantic)

  1. (archaic) Insane, mentally unstable.
    • Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew
  2. In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
    • They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
    Synonyms:
    tearing, mad
  3. Extremely energetic.
    • frantic music

See all 4 meanings of frantic

Forms of phrantick

comparativemore phrantick
superlativemost phrantick

Questions about phrantick

What is phrantick the obsolete form of?
Phrantick is the obsolete form of frantic.

Words near phrantick in the dictionary

  1. phragmosporous
  2. phragmoteuthid
  3. phragmoteuthids
  4. phragmotic
  5. phrantic
  6. phrantick
  7. PHRAs
  8. phrasable
  9. phrasal
  10. phrasal adjective
  11. phrasal adjectives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phrantick (page history and authors); frantic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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