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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1058/
- Published: 2022-12-23T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-19T17:59:49.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

frenetic (adjective):

: marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenetic?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :In modern use, frenetic can describe a focused and intense effort to meet a deadline, or dancing among a hyped-up crowd, but the word’s Middle English predecessor, frenetik, had a more specific meaning than “frantic or wild”: it was originally used to describe those exhibiting a severely disordered state of mind. If you trace frenetic back far enough, you’ll find that it comes from Greek phrenîtis, a term referring to an inflammation of the brain. (Phren, the Greek word for “mind” (among other meanings) is a root recognizable in schizophrenic.) As for frenzied and frantic, they’re not only synonyms of frenetic but relatives as well. Frantic comes from frenetik, and frenzied traces back to phrenîtis.

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