frenetik

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === frantike, frantyke, frenetic, frenetyk, frentik === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós). Compare frenesie; see there for pronunciations with /a/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frɛn(ɛ)ˈtiːk/, /fran(ɛ)ˈtiːk/, /ˈfrɛn(ɛ)tik/, /ˈfran(ɛ)tik/ === Adjective === frenetik Deranged, insane; not of sound mind. ==== Descendants ==== English: frantic; frenetic; phrenitic ==== References ==== “frenetī̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.