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Word: Hectic
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English etik, via Old French from late Latin hecticus, from Greek hektikos ‘habitual’, from hexis ‘habit, state of mind or body’. The original association with the symptoms of tuberculosis (hectic fever) gave rise to sense 1 in the early 20th century
ˈhɛktɪk
full of incessant or frantic activity
Short Definition:full of incessant or frantic activity
Examples:- a hectic business schedule
relating to or affected by a regularly recurrent fever typically accompanying tuberculosis, with flushed cheeks and hot, dry skin.
Short Definition:relating to recurrent fever
Word: Hectic
Speech Type: Noun
ˈhɛktɪk
a hectic fever or flush.
Short Definition:hectic fever or flush
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