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Definition of: phrenetic
(frə·net′ik) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from brain fever.
2. Excessively excited; frantic. Also phre·net′i·cal.
—noun A madman. Also spelled frenetic. [<OF frenetike <L phreneticus <L Gk. phrenētikos, var. of Gk. phrenetikos afflicted with delirium <phrenitis PHRENITIS]
—phre·net′i·cal·ly adverb
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