effrenate

English

Etymology

From Latin effrēnātus (“unbridled, let loose”), past participle of effrēnō (“unbridle, let loose”).

Adjective

effrenate (comparative more effrenate, superlative most effrenate)

  1. (obsolete) Unrestrained.

Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:effrenate.

Latin

Adverb

effrēnātē (comparative effrēnātius, superlative effrēnātissimē)

  1. unrestrainedly, violently

Usage notes

The superlative effrēnātissimē is unattested in Classical Latin and very rare elsewhere.

References
  • effrenate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • effrenate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effrenate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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