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別の表記

• phrenetic (archaic)
• phrenetick, phrentic, phrentick (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/
• (obsolete) IPA: /ˈfɹɛ.nɪt.ɪk/
• 韻: -ɛtɪk

形容詞

frenetic (comparative more frenetic, superlative most frenetic)

1. Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.

   After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.

2. (obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.
3. (obsolete, medicine) Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.

同意語

• frantic, frenzied

派生語

関連する語

参考

名詞

frenetic (plural frenetics)

1. One who is frenetic.

参照

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “frenetic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “frenetic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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