Frantic Definition
frăntĭk
adjective
Wild with anger, pain, worry, etc.; frenzied.
Webster's New World
Marked by frenzy; resulting from wild emotion.
Webster's New World
Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity.
Made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.
American Heritage
Mentally deranged.
American Heritage
Insane.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Frantic
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From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin freneticus, Latin phreneticus or phreniticus, from Ancient Greek *φρενητικός (phrenetikos), correctly φρενιτικός (phrenitikos, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenitis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrēn, “the brain”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English frantik from Old French frenetique from Latin phrenēticus frenetic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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