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 using this term, see Citations:effrenate.

Related terms

• effrenation

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.