FRENETIC

frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied

(adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; “frantic with anger and frustration”; “frenetic screams followed the accident”; “a frenzied look in his eye”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

frenetic (comparative more frenetic, superlative most frenetic)

Fast, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.

(obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.

(obsolete, medicine) Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.

Synonyms

• frantic, frenzied

Noun

frenetic (plural frenetics)

One who is frenetic.

Anagrams

• infecter, reinfect

Source: Wiktionary


Fre*net"ic, a. Etym: [See Frantic, a.]

Definition: Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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