phrenetic

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They tell us that, as the disorder proceeds, it eats into the brain; either causing the dog to be destroyed, or driving it phrenetic.

From The Dog by Dinks

Nothing equals the rage of this phrenetic man, who was not satisfied with exhaling his fury in horrid declamations, but who was for putting all in practice.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

Indeed, this word phrenetic or maniac is no reproach; it is identical with mantic --prophetic.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

And now, as might be expected, Jack's disorder, which had hitherto been comparatively of the calm and melancholy kind, broke out into the most violent and phrenetic exhibitions.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various

It was a gymnastic exercise rather than a dance, the delirium of an acrobat, a phrenetic movement like the war dances of African tribes.

From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances