Frantic

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -Ã¦ntÉªk

Alternative forms

frantick obsolete
phrantic chiefly obsolete
phrantick obsolete

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin freneticus, Latin phreneticus or phreniticus, from Ancient Greek *Ï†ÏÎµÎ½Î·Ï„Î¹ÎºÏŒÏ‚, correctly Ï†ÏÎµÎ½Î¹Ï„Î¹ÎºÏŒÏ‚ (phrenitikos, "mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain"), from Ï†ÏÎµÎ½á¿–Ï„Î¹Ï‚ (phrenitis, "inflammation of the brain"), from Ï†ÏÎ®Î½ (phrÄ“n, "the brain").

Full definition of frantic

Adjective

frantic

(now rare) Insane, mentally unstable.

1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed.

In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
Extremely energeticfrantic music

2011, October 1, Phil McNulty, Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool, At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.