phrenetic
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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 Isaac Disraeli
This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination he found in his phrenetic exercises.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Yet here I sit, as yet unimmolated on the altar of phrenetic vengeance.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
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
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 B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
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