'Hectic' definitions:

Definition of 'hectic'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace" [syn: feverish, hectic]

Definition of 'Hectic'

From: GCIDE
  • Hectic \Hec"tic\, a. [F. hectique, Gr. ? habitual, consumptive, fr. ? habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. ? to have; akin to Skr. sah to overpower, endure; cf. AS. sige, sigor, victory, G. sieg, Goth. sigis. Cf. Scheme.]
  • 1. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient. [1913 Webster]
  • Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hectic'

From: GCIDE
  • Hectic \Hec"tic\, n.
  • 1. (Med.) Hectic fever. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A hectic flush. [1913 Webster]
  • It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

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