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phrentic

phrentic is the obsolete spelling 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 phrentic

comparativemore phrentic
superlativemost phrentic

Questions about phrentic

What is phrentic the obsolete spelling of?
Phrentic is the obsolete spelling of frenetic.

Words near phrentic in the dictionary

  1. phrenospasms
  2. phrensied
  3. phrensies
  4. phrensy
  5. phrensying
  6. phrentic
  7. phrentick
  8. phrenzied
  9. phrenziedly
  10. phrenzies
  11. phrenzy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phrentic (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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