hectic
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hectic
- /ˈhɛktɪk/
Rhymes with -ɛktɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).
adjective more hectic · most hectic · hectick · hectical
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Very busy with activity and confusion.
The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds
Similar: feverish
- Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin. hectic fever
- Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever. Ann had a hectic cough, and many unfavourable prognostics […].
noun hectics · hectick · hectical
- A hectic fever. […] Do it England, / For like the Hecticke in my blood he rages, / And thou muſt cure me: […]
- A flush like one produced by such a fever. The poor Franciscan made no reply: a hectic of a moment pass’d across his cheek, but could not tarry […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: agitated, feverish, busy, intense, turbulent, strenuous, tumultuous, tight, frenzied, intensive, rapid, fierce, hard, heated, flustered, heavy
Translations
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adj very busy with activity and confusion
| Español | ajetreado, febril, agobiante, frenético, movido |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 忙碌的 mánglù de, 繁忙的 fánmáng de |
| Português | febril, frenético |
| Français | agité |
| Deutsch | hektisch |
| Italiano | febbrile, frenetico |
| Română | agitat, febril |
| Русский | лихора́дочный lixorádočnyj, суетли́вый sujetlívyj, сумато́шный sumatóšnyj |
adj denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption
| Español | héctico, hético, ético |
|---|---|
| Português | febril, frenético |
| Français | hectique |
| Română | hectic |
| Русский | лихора́дочный lixorádočnyj, гекти́ческий gektíčeskij |
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title = {hectic},
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