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Definition of frenetic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

frenetic

adjective
 
/frəˈnetɪk/
 
/frəˈnetɪk/
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  1. involving a lot of energy and activity in a way that is not organized
    • a scene of frenetic activity
    • to live at a frenetic pace
    • Liverpool scored two goals in a frenetic final ten minutes.
    • She rushed from city to city at a frenetic pace.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFrenetic is used with these nouns:
    • activity
    • pace
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘insane’): from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’. Compare with frantic.
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