hectic

[hec·tic]

Things that are hectic tend to be happen quickly and all at once that's why a hectic day makes people nervous.

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Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.

Adjective S.
marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"


a.
Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.

a.
In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.

n.
Hectic fever.

n.
A hectic flush.


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. 2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient. Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.

Hectic

Hec"tic, n. 1. (Med.) Hectic fever. 2. A hectic flush.
It is no living hue, but a strange hectic.

Hectocotylized

Hec`to*cot"y*lized , a. (Zo'94l.) Changed into a hectocotylus; having a hectocotylis.

Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.

Hectic fever.

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Usage Examples

Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.

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Other Usage Examples

I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.

I wear my wedding ring. We talk about when we're going to get married again, which we hope is going to take place some time in this incredibly hectic calendar year.

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