Word of the Day – Frenetic

Frenetic (adj)

fren-et-ik

Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘insane’): from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’. Compare with frantic.

Example sentences

“She flittered around the place in a frenetic rush.”