frantic excitement

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• frantic — mid 14c., insane, unexplained variant of M.E. frentik (see FRENETIC (Cf. frenetic)). Transferred meaning affected by wild excitement is from late 15c. Of the adv. forms, frantically (1749) is later than franticly (1540s) …   Etymology dictionary

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• frantic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. distraught, frenzied, wild. See insanity, excitement. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. frenzied, agitated, overwrought, distraught, distracted, beside oneself, wild, hysterical, desperate, frenetic,… …   English dictionary for students

• frantic — frantically, franticly, adv. franticness, n. /fran tik/, adj. 1. desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied. 2. Archaic. insane; mad. [1325 75; ME frantik, frenetik < OF frenetique < L phreneticus delirious < Gk… …   Universalium

• frantic — /ˈfræntɪk / (say frantik) adjective 1. wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied; characterised by or relating to frenzy. 2. Obsolete insane or mad. {Middle English frentik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus… …  

• furious — furious, frantic, frenzied, wild, frenetic, delirious, rabid are comparable when they mean possessed with uncontrollable excitement especially under the stress of a powerful emotion. Furious implies strong excitement or violence that… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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