hectic

== English == === Alternative forms === hectick (obsolete) hectical (archaic) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛktɪk/ Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Hyphenation: hec‧tic === Adjective === hectic (comparative more hectic, superlative most hectic) (figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion. Synonym: feverish (obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin. (obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hectic (plural hectics) (obsolete) A hectic fever. A flush like one produced by such a fever. === Further reading === “hectic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hectic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French hectique. === Adjective === hectic m or n (feminine singular hectică, masculine plural hectici, feminine/neuter plural hectice) hectic ==== Declension ====