phrenetic

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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

But those are more bold than wise who deny their existence, and who profess to explain all occult phenomena and phrenetic moral aberrations by physical causes.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

Weakly at first he fought off his captor; then, as fear overwhelmed him, he became possessed of a phrenetic energy and struggled with the strength of two men.

From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

I swore it in a mighty frenzy of repentance, in a very lust to do battle with Satan and with my own flesh and a phrenetic joy to engage in the awful combat.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Sabatini, Rafael

This was very new; it was also very strange what a fascination he found in his phrenetic exercises.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry