Hectic
['hektɪk] or ['hɛktɪk]
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Habitual (as the fever attending consumption), constitutional.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to the constitution or habit of body: affected with hectic fever.—n. Hec′tic a habitual or remittent fever usually associated with consumption.—adj. Hec′toid of a hectic appearance.—Hectic fever the name given to the fever which occurs in connection with certain wasting diseases of long duration.
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Examples
- Business men had been adapting themselves to the more hectic methods necessary for profit in a world in a state of crisis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Amelia found him up very early the next morning, more eager, more hectic, and more shaky than ever. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Joy flushed my face with a momentary hectic---- And then, hope fled for ever! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- That's hectic. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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