frenetic

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The Word of the Day for November 26 is: 

frenetic   \frih-NET-ik\   adjective
     : frenzied, frantic

Example sentence:
     It's the day after Thanksgiving -- a day described by Amber 
Veverka (Charlotte [NC] Observer, November 10, 2003) as "the 
official, frenetic kickoff for the Christmas shopping season."

Did you know?
     When life gets frenetic, things can seem absolutely 
insane -- at least that seems to be what folks in the Middle 
Ages thought. "Frenetik," in Middle English, meant "insane." 
When the word no longer denoted stark raving madness, it 
conjured up fanatical frenetic zealots. Today we're even willing 
to downgrade its seriousness to something more akin to "hectic." 
But if you trace "frenetic" back through Anglo-French and Latin, 
you'll find that it comes from Greek "phrenitis," a term 
describing an inflammation of the brain. "Phren" is the Greek 
word for "mind," a root you will recognize in "schizophrenic." 
As for "frenzied" and "frantic," they're not only synonyms but 
relatives as well. "Frantic" comes from "frenetik," 
and "frenzied" traces back to "phrenitis."