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[ hek -tik ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈhɛk tɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
Origin of hectic 1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin hecticus <Greek hektikós habitual, consumptive, adj. corresponding to héxis possession, state, habit, equivalent to *hech-, base of échein to have + -sis -sis; see -tic; replacing Middle English etyk <Middle French
SYNONYMS FOR hectic frantic, frenzied, wild, chaotic.
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OTHER WORDS FROM hectic hec·ti·cal·ly, hec·tic·ly, adverb hec·tic·ness, noun non·hec·tic, adjective non·hec·ti·cal·ly, adverb
un·hec·tic, adjective un·hec·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Words nearby hectic heckelphone, heckle, heckuva, hect-, hectare, hectic , hecto-, hectocotylus, hectogram, hectograph, hectoliter
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British Dictionary definitions for hectic adjective characterized by extreme activity or excitement
associated with, peculiar to, or symptomatic of tuberculosis (esp in the phrases hectic fever, hectic flush )
noun a hectic fever or flush
rare a person who is consumptive or who experiences a hectic fever or flush
Derived forms of hectic hectically , adverb Word Origin for hectic C14: from Late Latin hecticus, from Greek hektikos habitual, from hexis state, from ekhein to have
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