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hec⋅tic

  [hek-tik]
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–adjective
characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL hecticus < Gk hektikós habitual, consumptive, adj. corresponding to héxis possession, state, habit, equiv. to *hech-, base of échein to have + -sis -sis; see -tic; r. ME etyk < MF

Related forms:
hec⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, hec⋅tic⋅ly, adverb
hec⋅tic⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. frantic, frenzied, wild, chaotic.
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Word Origin & History

hectic 
1398, 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 activity" first recorded 1904.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hec·tic
Pronunciation: 'hek-tik
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or being a fluctuating but persistent fever (as intuberculosis)
2 : having a hectic fever hectic patient>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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