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   fre·net·ic

   /frəˈnedik/

   adjective

   • 1. fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way: "a frenetic pace of activity"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘insane’): from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’. Compare with frantic.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frenetically adverb
   • 2. freneticism noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • F

     4

   • R

     1

   • E

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   • N

     1

   • E

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   • I

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   • C

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