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characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin hecticus < Greek hektikós habitual, consumptive, adj. corresponding to héxis possession, state, habit, equivalent to *hech-, base of échein to have + -sis -sis; see -tic; replacing Middle English etyk < Middle French
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin hecticus < Greek hektikós habitual, consumptive, adj. corresponding to héxis possession, state, habit, equivalent to *hech-, base of échein to have + -sis -sis; see -tic; replacing Middle English etyk < Middle French
Related forms
hec·ti·cal·ly, hec·tic·ly, adverb
hec·tic·ness, noun
non·hec·tic, adjective
non·hec·ti·cal·ly, adverb
un·hec·tic, adjective
EXPANDun·hec·ti·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. frantic, frenzied, wild, chaotic.
1. frantic, frenzied, wild, chaotic.
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Hectic
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Two words someone else would use to describe me are hectic and mildly amusing.
- Some were slipping on the rocks, and a couple actually fell during the hectic start.
- Then a character leads readers, page by page, through empty space to a door leading back into the hectic frenzy of lines.
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Word Origin & History
hectic
late 14c., etik, from O.Fr. etique, from L.L. hecticus, from Gk. hektikos "continuous, habitual, consumptive" (of a disease, because of the constant fever), from hexis "habit," from ekhein "have, hold, continue." The Latin -h- was restored in Eng. 1500s. Sense of "feverishly exciting, full of disorganized
EXPANDactivity" first recorded 1904.
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