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   Hec·tic

   /ˈhektik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. full of incessant or frantic activity: "a hectic business schedule"
   • 2. relating to, affected by, or denoting a regularly recurrent fever typically accompanying tuberculosis, with flushed cheeks and hot, dry skin. archaic

   noun

   • 1. a hectic fever or flush. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle Englishetik, via Old French from late Latin hecticus, from Greek hektikos ‘habitual’, from hexis ‘habit, state of mind or body’. The original association with the symptoms of tuberculosis (hectic fever) gave rise to sense 1 in the early 20th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hectically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • I

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