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# frantic

«frantic» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **wild, furious** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

wild, furious

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

wild, raging or out of control, with great rage or pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/frantic/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today frantic means very worried or scared; here it means wild or raging, as with the pig's frantic kick.

### examples

- "That is all very well," replied the Pig, with a squeal and a frantic kick. (The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/frantic/#x1)
- But this frantic burst of grief passed, and then they took possession of their own hearts again, crushed though they were in resignation. (Japanese Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/frantic/#x2)
- As she was raving and roaring in this frantic manner part of the floor suddenly opened and a huge giant rose up carrying a great chest in his arms. (The Brown Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/frantic/#x3)

### primary record

frantic

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 13 (Torah 0, tales 13, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.5 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frantic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/frantic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.