Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Frantic

Frantic , adjective

[Old English frentik, frenetik, French frentique, Latin phreneticus, from Greek {not transcribed}. See Frenzy, and compare Frenetic, Phrenetic.]

Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.
Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! — Shakespeare
Torrents of frantic abuse. — Macaulay