hecticity

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hecticity

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From French hecticité or hectic + -ity.

noun

uncountable The quality of being hectic (very busy with activity and confusion). Notwithstanding the hecticity of the murky atmosphere, in which there was not a quiver from the U. S. flag that ornaments the grounds in lieu of a pennant.
obsolete, uncountable The quality of being hectic (pertaining to or symptomatic of hectic fever). The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;

Similar: hecticness

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@misc{hecticity_2026,
  title = {hecticity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hecticity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}