Meanings
comparative more effrenate · superlative most effrenate
- obsoleteUnrestrained.
Origin
- Latineffrēnātus“unbridled, let loose”
- Englisheffrenate
From Latin effrēnātus (“unbridled, let loose”), past participle of effrēnō (“unbridle, let loose”).
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