Hectic

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  • adjective. Characterized by intense activity, confusion, or haste.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a fever that fluctuates during the day, as in tuberculosis or septicemia.
  • adjective. Consumptive; feverish.
  • adjective. Flushed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Habitual; marking a particular habit or condition of body: applied to fever of the form presented in phthisis, characterized by marked diurnal remissions and exacerbations, and accompanied with flushed cheeks, hot skin, and emaciation.
  • Pertaining to or affected with such fever; feverish; consumptive: as, a hectic flush.
  • noun. A hectic fever; a wasting away, attended by heightened color.
  • noun. A hectic flush.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Hectic fever.
  • noun. A hectic flush.
  • adjective. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption
  • adjective. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive.
  • adjective. a fever of irritation and debility, occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of a fever, pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.
  • adjective. Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
  • noun. A hectic fever.
  • noun. A flush like one produced by such a fever.
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  • adjective. marked by intense agitation or emotion
  • Word Usage
    "I got married in October, and to say the rest of the year has been hectic is an understatement."
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