frenetic
Plural: frenetics
Adjective Satellite
- excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
- "frenetic screams followed the accident"
Adj
- Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
- Mentally deranged, insane.
- Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.
Noun
- A person who is wild, frantic, or highly agitated.
- One who is frenetic.
Examples
- After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.
- His Words With Friends opponent, a true frenetic, played a word in milliseconds after each turn.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic.
Etymologically, initial stress would be expected (compare the syncopic form phrentic); the modern pronunciation with stress on the second syllable is due to the influence of other words ending in -etic such as phonetic and sympathetic.
Scrabble Score: 13
frenetic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfrenetic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
frenetic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
frenetic: valid Words With Friends Word