FRAN'TIC, adjective [Latin phreneticus; Gr. from delirium or raving, from mind, the radical sense of which is to rush, to drive forward.] 1. Mad; raving; furious; outrageous; wild and disorderly; distracted; as a frantic person; frantic with fear or grief. 2. Characterized by violence, fury and disorder; noisy; mad; wild; irregular; as the frantic rites of Bacchus.
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