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frantic
English
Alternative forms
- frantick (obsolete)
- phrantic (chiefly obsolete)
- phrantick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English frantik, frentik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from ?????????? (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from ???????? (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from ???? (phr?n, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?ænt?k/
- Rhymes: -ænt?k
Adjective
frantic (comparative more frantic, superlative most frantic)
- (archaic) Insane, mentally unstable.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act I, Scene 3,[1]
- If with myself I hold intelligence,
- Or have acquaintance with mine own desires;
- If that I do not dream, or be not frantic—
- As I do trust I am not—then, dear uncle,
- Never so much as in a thought unborn
- Did I offend your Highness.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
- Extremely energetic
Synonyms
- frenetic, frenzied
Related terms
- frenetic
- phrenitis
- frenzy
Translations
Noun
frantic (plural frantics)
- (archaic) A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman.
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 3-5,[3]
- How nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes?
- 1657, Aston Cockayne, The Obstinate Lady, London: Isaac Pridmore, Act V, Scene 3, p. 56,[4]
- […] who but sensless Franticks would have thoughts so poor? My Reason forsakes the government of this weak Frame, and I am fall’n into disorder […]
- 1721, Cotton Mather, diary entry for 16 July, 1721 in Diary of Cotton Mather, 1709-1724, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Seventh Series, Volume VIII, Boston: 1912, p. 632,[5]
- The Destroyer, being enraged at the Proposal of any Thing, that may rescue the Lives of our poor People from him, has taken a strange Possession of the People on this Occasion. They rave, they rail, they blaspheme; they talk not only like Ideots but also like Franticks, […]
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 3-5,[3]
References
Further reading
- frantic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- frantic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- frantic at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- infarct, infract
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turbulent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus, from turba (“disorder, tumult, crowd”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??bj?l?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?bj?l?nt/
- Hyphenation: tur?bu?lent
Adjective
turbulent (comparative more turbulent, superlative most turbulent)
- violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous
- being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- turbulent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- turbulent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- turbulent at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch turbulent, from Middle French turbulent, from Old French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?r.by?l?nt/
- Hyphenation: tur?bu?lent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
turbulent (comparative turbulenter, superlative turbulentst)
- turbulent
Inflection
Derived terms
- turbulentie
French
Etymology
From Middle French turbulent, from Old French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty?.by.l??/
Adjective
turbulent (feminine singular turbulente, masculine plural turbulents, feminine plural turbulentes)
- turbulent
- unruly
Further reading
- “turbulent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turbulentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??bu?l?nt/
Adjective
turbulent (comparative turbulenter, superlative am turbulentesten)
- turbulent
Declension
Further reading
- “turbulent” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turbulentus
Adjective
turbulent (neuter singular turbulent, definite singular and plural turbulente)
- turbulent
References
- “turbulent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turbulentus
Adjective
turbulent (neuter singular turbulent, definite singular and plural turbulente)
- turbulent
References
- “turbulent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- türbülent
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyrby?l??t/
Adjective
turbulent
- turbulent
Romanian
Etymology
From French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus.
Adjective
turbulent m or n (feminine singular turbulent?, masculine plural turbulen?i, feminine and neuter plural turbulente)
- turbulent
Declension
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