frantic

Meanings

Adjective

• Insane, mentally unstable.
• In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
• Extremely energetic

Noun

• A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman.

Related

Similar words

• frenetic, frenzied

Origin

• From Middle English frantik, frentik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός, from φρενῖτις, from φρήν. frenetic.