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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hec•tic /ˈhɛktɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - full of excitement or confused or hurried activity:a hectic schedule.
- feverish;
flushed;
red.
hec•ti•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hec•tic (hek′tik),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.:The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- Middle French
- Greek hektikós habitual, consumptive, adjective, adjectival corresponding to héxis possession, state, habit, equivalent. to *hech-, base of échein to have + -sis -sis; see -tic; replacing Middle English etyk
- Late Latin hecticus
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged frantic, frenzied, wild, chaotic.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hectic /ˈhɛktɪk/ adj - characterized by extreme activity or excitement
- associated with, peculiar to, or symptomatic of tuberculosis (esp in the phrases hectic fever, hectic flush)
n - a hectic fever or flush
- rare a person who is consumptive or who experiences a hectic fever or flush
Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin hecticus, from Greek hektikos habitual, from hexis state, from ekhein to haveˈhectically adv |