hectic English · revision 85

+ ==Etymology==

+ From [[enm|etik]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|etique|t=consumptive]],^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) [[der|la-lat|hecticus]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|grc|ἑκτικός|tr=hektikós|t=habitual; consumptive]],^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) from [[grc|ἕξις|tr=héxis|t=habit, state of body or mind]],^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) from ''ékhein'' “to have, hold”.^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) The Latin ''h-'' was restored in English in the 16th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ Greek physicians used the word of fevers rooted in the constitution of the body;^(Etymonline) in English it was applied especially to the wasting fevers of tuberculosis.^(Etymonline)^(AHD) The sense “full of disorganized activity” dates from 1904.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Adjective==

+ '''hectic'''

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+ # Full of intense activity, excitement, or confusion.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(medicine)'' Of a fever: rising and falling during the day, as in tuberculosis; also, having such a fever.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Flushed, red.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Noun==

+ '''hectic'''

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+ # A hectic fever, or the flush it produces.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}