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Webster 1913 Edition

Phrenetic

Phre-net′ic

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Noun.
One who is phrenetic.
Harvey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Phrenetic

PHRENET'IC

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Adj.
[Gr. See Phrensy.] Subject to strong or violent sallies of imagination or excitement, which in some measure pervert the judgment and cause the person to act in a manner different from the more rational part of mankind; wild and erratic; partially mad. [It has been sometimes written phrentic, but is now generally written frantic.]

PHRENET'IC

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Noun.
A person who is wild and erratic in his imagination.

Definition 2024

phrenetic

phrenetic

English

Adjective

phrenetic ‎(comparative more phrenetic, superlative most phrenetic)

  1. Dated form of frenetic.
    • 1941, Moses Koenigsberg, King News; Chapter VII, page #188:
      It dispelled the muddle into which Bilbo’s phrenetic ravings had crowded my thoughts.

Noun

phrenetic ‎(plural phrenetics)

  1. Dated form of frenetic.

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