franticadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfrantɪk/, U.S.

/ˈfræn(t)ɪk/

Forms: α. Middle English frentik(e, -tyk(e, 1500s phrentique, 1500s–1600s fren-, phrenti(c)k(e. β. Middle English–1500s frantyk(e, 1500s–1700s franti(c)k(e, 1500s frantycke, frantique, (1500s phrantic), 1600s– frantic.

Etymology: Middle English frentik , frantik , < Old French frenetique (modern French frénétique ), < late Latin phrenēticus delirious (see phrenitic adj. and n.), a corruption of Greek ϕρενιτικός affected with ϕρενῖτις delirium: see frenzy n. and adj.

A. adj.

1. Affected with mental disease; ‘lunatic’, insane; (in later use) violently or ragingly mad. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > frenzied or raging

aweddeOE

woodc1000

woodlyc1000

wildc1300

franticc1390

ramage1440

welling woodc1440

staringc1449

rammistc1455

rabious1460

horn-wood?a1500

rammisha1500

enragea1522

frenzic1547

wood-like1578

horn-mad1579

woodful1582

frenzicala1586

ragefula1586

rabid1594

ravening1599

ravenous1607

Pythic1640

exorbitant1668

frenziful1726

haggard-wild1786

frenzied1796

maenadic1830

berserk1867

up the wall1951

ballistic1981

α.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. 6 ‘Wel artou witti’, quod heo ‘wisdom to telle To Fayturs or to Fooles þat Frentik [B. x. 6 frantyk] ben of wittes!’

1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 85 I do the wel to wite, frentike I am not.

1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 534 As for John Appylby, he is halff frentyk.

1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xi. 53 I..haue obserued..in phrenticke persons, the strength doubled vpon them.

1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie ii. v. 47 They can make folkes to becom phrenticque or Maniacque.

β. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxiii. 132 Also by..acorde of musyk seke men and frantyk come ofte to theyr wytte ayen and helthe of body.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 587 Frantyke men hadden þer hurre wytte.1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxxvii. sig. M.iv^v Euery man the whiche is madde, or lunatycke or frantycke.1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 562 It makes you look like a Company of Frantick men or Dæmoniacks.1852 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders (ed. 2) 240 His father, believing him frantic, shut him [St. Francis of Assisi] up and bound him in his chamber.absolute.1787 W. Cowper Let. 24 Dec. (1982) III. 76 All the frantic who have been restored to their reason.

2. transferred.

a. Affected by wild and ungovernable excitement; ‘mad’ with rage, pain, grief, etc. †Also, in early use, applied as a term of reproach imputing extreme folly (cf. the variation in the shades of the lit. sense A. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adjective] > affected by violent emotion

woodc900

reighOE

mada1350

furiousc1374

raginga1425

savagea1450

rageous1486

frenetic?c1550

frantic1561

frenetical1588

impotent1596

transported1600

violent1601

turbulent1609

dementing1729

enfrenzied1823

wild1868

haywire1934

wigged-out1977

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > madness, extreme folly > [adjective]

woodc900

madc1300

wild1515

hare-brained1548

idle1548

harish1552

frantic1561

hare-brain1566

lunatic1571

lunatical1599

datelessa1686

flaky1964

tonto1982

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [adjective]

frenetic?c1550

seraphical1581

frenetical1588

ecstatical1600

zealot1641

ecstatic1645

rapturous1656

vowed1665

seraphica1668

synagoguish1690

frantic?1715

solid1740

ecstasied1787

religionistic1842

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 75 He was so angry that he semed better frantyk..thenne other wise.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Biii And thus as phrentik to our gates he ran.]

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 56 There be risen up certaine phrenticke men as Servetto and other like.

1661 J. Howell Hist. Discourses 82 His Majesty is mainly endeavouring to bring her in again thorowout the whole Land; but the furious, phrentique Schismaticks will have none of her.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 The furious Mare..is frantick with despair.

?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 56 When this Phrentick Arian had published his Original Evidence.

1729 W. Law Serious Call v. 73 That they must be grave and solemn at Church, but may be silly and frantick at home.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xvi. 140 Julia, pale, bleeding..supported in the arms of her frantic lover.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 204 Miss Jonquil was perfectly frantic.

1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette xii His Aunt and Cousin are frantic with fear.

figurative.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 A heart..Raging more wilde then is this franticke sea.1797 Anti-Jacobin 25 Dec. 54/2 War with herself see frantic Gallia wage.1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 176 Fiery, frantic Mars, the unnatural plague Of man.

b. colloquial. In exaggerated use = ‘terrific’, ‘awful’.

ΚΠ

1908 Punch 26 Feb. 152/2 I'm working simply most awfully hard for Ireland just now. I've bought a ghastly heap of poplin..and a frantic lot of Limerick lace.

†a. Of a disease: attended by frenzy or delirium. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics

hoteOE

redeOE

foulOE

elvishc1386

dryc1400

whitec1450

Naples1507

shaking1528

cold1569

exquisite1583

unpure1583

waterish1583

wandering1585

legitimate1615

sulphureous1625

tetrous1637

cagastrical1662

medical1676

ambulatory1684

ebullient1684

frantic1709

animated1721

progressive1736

cagastric1753

vegetative1803

left-handed1804

specific1804

subacute1811

animate1816

gregarious1822

vernal1822

ambilateral1824

subchronic1831

regressive1845

nummular1866

postoperative1872

ambulant1873

non-surgical1888

progredient1891

spodogenous1897

spodogenic19..

non-invasive1932

early-onset1951

adult-onset1957

non-specific1964

α.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 267 It is more grievous then y^e phrentique sicknesse of madnesse.

1709 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) i. iv. 143 A Phrentick [1702, 1706: Phrenetick] Fever..cured by Bathing the Head with Cold Water.

β. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxliii. 264 Strange Agewes arise, raging continuall, burning, phrantike.1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 716 There are (as I take it) two causes intermingled, which breede this franticke Feauer of our Fraunce, the one proceeding from the Estate, the other from religion.

b. Relating to, characterized by, or displaying frenzy; delirious, wild; †insanely foolish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adjective]

violentc1475

vehementa1492

frantic?1531

vehement1548

fierce1611

wilda1616

transportive1622

α.

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 32^v Ye shal see it proued in plain words, a frentike part to worship Images.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. viii. 144 Esteeming in the phrentique error of their mindes the greatest madnes in the world to be wisedome.

1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 121 To moue his phrenticke passions to remorse.

1751 B. Church Poem Occasioned by Death Hon. Jonathan Law Esq. 6 This noble genius, thus with ardor fir'd, Which false religion's phrentic zeal inspir'd.

β. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye Prol. sig. a7 The ignoraunte people..was fallen in to that frantick ymaginacyon that they more feared the pope..then god hym selfe.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 150 For in a franticke piety they cause a Smith to pull forth their eyes.1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 47 She displayed a frantic and impotent rage.1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 106 The royal captives..were slowly moved along, amidst the horrid yells..and frantic dances..of the furies of hell. 1814 R. Southey Roderick i. 81 He threw his hands aloft in frantic prayer.1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xii. 129 His welcome by the citizens was frantic.

†4. quasi-adv. Frantically. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > frenzied or raging

woodlyc1000

wildlyc1449

staringly1598

frantic1609

rabidly?1611

frenetically1837

frenziedly1856

berserkly1963

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxlvii. sig. I3^v Past cure I am..And frantick madde with euer-more vnrest.

a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange iii. i, in Wks. (1873) III. 497 I fear he's brain-crack'd, lunatick, and Frantick mad.

†B. n.

A person who is frantic or frenzied; a ‘lunatic’; a delirious patient. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person

woodman1297

madmanc1330

lunatic1377

franticc1380

madwomana1438

March harec1500

Bedlam beggar1525

fanaticc1525

bedlama1529

frenetic1528

Jack o' Bedlam1528

Tom o' Bedlam1569

crack-brain1570

madbrain1570

Tom1575

madcap1589

gelt1596

madhead1600

brainsick1605

madpash1611

non compos1628

madling1638

bedlam-man1658

bedlamerc1675

fan1682

bedlamite1691

cracka1701

lymphatic1708

shatter-brain1719

mad1729

maniaca1763

non compos mentis1765

shatter-pate1775

shatter-wit1775

insane1786

craze1831

dement1857

crazy1867

crackpot1883

loony1884

bug1885

psychopath1885

dingbat1887

psychopathic1890

ding-a-ling1899

meshuggener1900

détraqué1902

maddiea1903

nut1908

mental1913

ding1929

lakes1934

wack1938

fruitcake1942

nutty1942

barm-pot1951

nutcake1953

nutter1958

nutcase1959

nut job1959

meshuga1962

nutsy1964

headcase1965

nutball1968

headbanger1973

nutso1975

wacko1977

nut bar1978

mentalist1990

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delirium or raving > person

franticc1380

raver1440

phrenitic1725

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > frenzy or raging > person

franticc1380

amok1588

α.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. x, in Sel. Wks. I. 26 Resoun shulde teche hem þat þei ben worse þan frentikes.

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. vi. 49 in Wks. II You did neuer heare A Phrentick, so in loue with his owne fauour!

1641 R. Brathwait Panaretees Triumph in Astraea's Teares sig. G Let not th' ambition of a phrenticks head Suffer one drop of loyall blood be shed.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 88 The World was little better than a common fold of Phrenticks and Bedlams.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 109 The Pulse of the Phrentic is small.

1738 R. P. Wightman Specimen Peculiar Thoughts 69 The Phrentick proclaims his Disorder, by his Rage and Fury.

1763 Keach's Instr. for Children (ed. 30) 134/1 Phrentick, a Mad-man.

β. 1574 J. Jones Briefe Disc. Growing & Liuing Things sig. E.iii^v Idiots, Dolts, Lunatikes, Frantikes, and blockheads.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiii. 828/2 Hee was esteemed as a franticke, and sent to the Marshall-See for a Lunaticke foole.1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown in Wks. (1782) II. 96 Being slighted of them for a ninny, a fool, a frantick [etc.].1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 192 The combustions raised by these Frantics.

Compounds

†frantic-headed, †frantic-like adjs.

ΚΠ

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. 647 Her golden heare she tare and frantiklyke with moode opprest, She cried, O Iupiter [etc.].

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xix. 199 Ærius saith he was a man frantick-headed, proud-minded.

Derivatives

† ˈfrantic v. Obsolete (intransitive) to move frantically.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move frantically

frantic1635

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. iv. 257 Like to the Arctick needle, that..First franticks up and downe, from side to side, And restlesse beats his christall'd Iv'ry case.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frantic
释义	franticadj.n. Brit. /ˈfrantɪk/, U.S. /ˈfræn(t)ɪk/ Forms: α. Middle English frentik(e, -tyk(e, 1500s phrentique, 1500s–1600s fren-, phrenti(c)k(e. β. Middle English–1500s frantyk(e, 1500s–1700s franti(c)k(e, 1500s frantycke, frantique, (1500s phrantic), 1600s– frantic. Etymology: Middle English frentik , frantik , < Old French frenetique (modern French frénétique ), < late Latin phrenēticus delirious (see phrenitic adj. and n.), a corruption of Greek ϕρενιτικός affected with ϕρενῖτις delirium: see frenzy n. and adj. A. adj. 1. Affected with mental disease; ‘lunatic’, insane; (in later use) violently or ragingly mad. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > frenzied or raging aweddeOE woodc1000 woodlyc1000 wildc1300 franticc1390 ramage1440 welling woodc1440 staringc1449 rammistc1455 rabious1460 horn-wood?a1500 rammisha1500 enragea1522 frenzic1547 wood-like1578 horn-mad1579 woodful1582 frenzicala1586 ragefula1586 rabid1594 ravening1599 ravenous1607 Pythic1640 exorbitant1668 frenziful1726 haggard-wild1786 frenzied1796 maenadic1830 berserk1867 up the wall1951 ballistic1981 α. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. 6 ‘Wel artou witti’, quod heo ‘wisdom to telle To Fayturs or to Fooles þat Frentik [B. x. 6 frantyk] ben of wittes!’ 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 85 I do the wel to wite, frentike I am not. 1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 534 As for John Appylby, he is halff frentyk. 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xi. 53 I..haue obserued..in phrenticke persons, the strength doubled vpon them. 1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie ii. v. 47 They can make folkes to becom phrenticque or Maniacque. β. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxiii. 132 Also by..acorde of musyk seke men and frantyk come ofte to theyr wytte ayen and helthe of body.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 587 Frantyke men hadden þer hurre wytte.1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxxvii. sig. M.iv^v Euery man the whiche is madde, or lunatycke or frantycke.1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 562 It makes you look like a Company of Frantick men or Dæmoniacks.1852 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders (ed. 2) 240 His father, believing him frantic, shut him [St. Francis of Assisi] up and bound him in his chamber.absolute.1787 W. Cowper Let. 24 Dec. (1982) III. 76 All the frantic who have been restored to their reason. 2. transferred. a. Affected by wild and ungovernable excitement; ‘mad’ with rage, pain, grief, etc. †Also, in early use, applied as a term of reproach imputing extreme folly (cf. the variation in the shades of the lit. sense A. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adjective] > affected by violent emotion woodc900 reighOE mada1350 furiousc1374 raginga1425 savagea1450 rageous1486 frenetic?c1550 frantic1561 frenetical1588 impotent1596 transported1600 violent1601 turbulent1609 dementing1729 enfrenzied1823 wild1868 haywire1934 wigged-out1977 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > madness, extreme folly > [adjective] woodc900 madc1300 wild1515 hare-brained1548 idle1548 harish1552 frantic1561 hare-brain1566 lunatic1571 lunatical1599 datelessa1686 flaky1964 tonto1982 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [adjective] frenetic?c1550 seraphical1581 frenetical1588 ecstatical1600 zealot1641 ecstatic1645 rapturous1656 vowed1665 seraphica1668 synagoguish1690 frantic?1715 solid1740 ecstasied1787 religionistic1842 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 75 He was so angry that he semed better frantyk..thenne other wise. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Biii And thus as phrentik to our gates he ran.] 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 56 There be risen up certaine phrenticke men as Servetto and other like. 1661 J. Howell Hist. Discourses 82 His Majesty is mainly endeavouring to bring her in again thorowout the whole Land; but the furious, phrentique Schismaticks will have none of her. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 The furious Mare..is frantick with despair. View more context for this quotation ?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 56 When this Phrentick Arian had published his Original Evidence. 1729 W. Law Serious Call v. 73 That they must be grave and solemn at Church, but may be silly and frantick at home. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xvi. 140 Julia, pale, bleeding..supported in the arms of her frantic lover. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 204 Miss Jonquil was perfectly frantic. 1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette xii His Aunt and Cousin are frantic with fear. figurative.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. C2 A heart..Raging more wilde then is this franticke sea.1797 Anti-Jacobin 25 Dec. 54/2 War with herself see frantic Gallia wage.1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 176 Fiery, frantic Mars, the unnatural plague Of man. b. colloquial. In exaggerated use = ‘terrific’, ‘awful’. ΚΠ 1908 Punch 26 Feb. 152/2 I'm working simply most awfully hard for Ireland just now. I've bought a ghastly heap of poplin..and a frantic lot of Limerick lace. 3. †a. Of a disease: attended by frenzy or delirium. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics hoteOE redeOE foulOE elvishc1386 dryc1400 whitec1450 Naples1507 shaking1528 cold1569 exquisite1583 unpure1583 waterish1583 wandering1585 legitimate1615 sulphureous1625 tetrous1637 cagastrical1662 medical1676 ambulatory1684 ebullient1684 frantic1709 animated1721 progressive1736 cagastric1753 vegetative1803 left-handed1804 specific1804 subacute1811 animate1816 gregarious1822 vernal1822 ambilateral1824 subchronic1831 regressive1845 nummular1866 postoperative1872 ambulant1873 non-surgical1888 progredient1891 spodogenous1897 spodogenic19.. non-invasive1932 early-onset1951 adult-onset1957 non-specific1964 α. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 267 It is more grievous then y^e phrentique sicknesse of madnesse. 1709 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) i. iv. 143 A Phrentick [1702, 1706: Phrenetick] Fever..cured by Bathing the Head with Cold Water. β. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxliii. 264 Strange Agewes arise, raging continuall, burning, phrantike.1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 716 There are (as I take it) two causes intermingled, which breede this franticke Feauer of our Fraunce, the one proceeding from the Estate, the other from religion. b. Relating to, characterized by, or displaying frenzy; delirious, wild; †insanely foolish. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adjective] violentc1475 vehementa1492 frantic?1531 vehement1548 fierce1611 wilda1616 transportive1622 α. 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 32^v Ye shal see it proued in plain words, a frentike part to worship Images. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. viii. 144 Esteeming in the phrentique error of their mindes the greatest madnes in the world to be wisedome. 1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 121 To moue his phrenticke passions to remorse. 1751 B. Church Poem Occasioned by Death Hon. Jonathan Law Esq. 6 This noble genius, thus with ardor fir'd, Which false religion's phrentic zeal inspir'd. β. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye Prol. sig. a7 The ignoraunte people..was fallen in to that frantick ymaginacyon that they more feared the pope..then god hym selfe.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 150 For in a franticke piety they cause a Smith to pull forth their eyes.1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 47 She displayed a frantic and impotent rage.1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 106 The royal captives..were slowly moved along, amidst the horrid yells..and frantic dances..of the furies of hell. View more context for this quotation1814 R. Southey Roderick i. 81 He threw his hands aloft in frantic prayer.1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xii. 129 His welcome by the citizens was frantic. †4. quasi-adv. Frantically. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > frenzied or raging woodlyc1000 wildlyc1449 staringly1598 frantic1609 rabidly?1611 frenetically1837 frenziedly1856 berserkly1963 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxlvii. sig. I3^v Past cure I am..And frantick madde with euer-more vnrest. a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange iii. i, in Wks. (1873) III. 497 I fear he's brain-crack'd, lunatick, and Frantick mad. †B. n. A person who is frantic or frenzied; a ‘lunatic’; a delirious patient. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delirium or raving > person franticc1380 raver1440 phrenitic1725 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > frenzy or raging > person franticc1380 amok1588 α. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. x, in Sel. Wks. I. 26 Resoun shulde teche hem þat þei ben worse þan frentikes. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. vi. 49 in Wks. II You did neuer heare A Phrentick, so in loue with his owne fauour! 1641 R. Brathwait Panaretees Triumph in Astraea's Teares sig. G Let not th' ambition of a phrenticks head Suffer one drop of loyall blood be shed. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 88 The World was little better than a common fold of Phrenticks and Bedlams. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 109 The Pulse of the Phrentic is small. 1738 R. P. Wightman Specimen Peculiar Thoughts 69 The Phrentick proclaims his Disorder, by his Rage and Fury. 1763 Keach's Instr. for Children (ed. 30) 134/1 Phrentick, a Mad-man. β. 1574 J. Jones Briefe Disc. Growing & Liuing Things sig. E.iii^v Idiots, Dolts, Lunatikes, Frantikes, and blockheads.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiii. 828/2 Hee was esteemed as a franticke, and sent to the Marshall-See for a Lunaticke foole.1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown in Wks. (1782) II. 96 Being slighted of them for a ninny, a fool, a frantick [etc.].1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 192 The combustions raised by these Frantics. Compounds †frantic-headed, †frantic-like adjs. ΚΠ 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. 647 Her golden heare she tare and frantiklyke with moode opprest, She cried, O Iupiter [etc.]. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xix. 199 Ærius saith he was a man frantick-headed, proud-minded. Derivatives † ˈfrantic v. Obsolete (intransitive) to move frantically. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move frantically frantic1635 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. iv. 257 Like to the Arctick needle, that..First franticks up and downe, from side to side, And restlesse beats his christall'd Iv'ry case. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1380
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