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phrenetical

phrenetical is the dated form of frenetic.

Meaning of frenetic

Adjective

frenetic (comparative more frenetic, superlative most frenetic)

  1. Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
    • After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.
  2. (obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.
  3. (obsolete) Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.

See all 4 meanings of frenetic

Forms of phrenetical

comparativemore phrenetical
superlativemost phrenetical

Questions about phrenetical

What is phrenetical the dated form of?
Phrenetical is the dated form of frenetic.

Words near phrenetical in the dictionary

  1. phrenemphraxis
  2. phrenes
  3. phreneses
  4. phrenesis
  5. phrenetic
  6. phrenetical
  7. phrenetically
  8. phrenetick
  9. phrenetics
  10. phreni-
  11. phreniatric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phrenetical (page history and authors); frenetic (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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