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HECTIC
feverish, hectic
(adjective) marked by intense agitation or emotion; “worked at a feverish pace”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hectic (comparative more hectic, superlative most hectic)
(obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
(obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
Synonyms
• feverish
Noun
hectic (plural hectics)
(obsolete) A hectic fever.
(obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.
Source: Wiktionary
Hec"tic, a. Etym: [F. hectique, Gr. 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.
Hec"tic, n.
1. (Med.)
Definition: Hectic fever.
2. A hectic flush. It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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