📖 Definitions of "Hectic"
noun
- 1
A hectic fever.
- 2
A flush like one produced by such a fever.
adjective
- 1
Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
"hectic fever"
- 2
Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
- 3
Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
"The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds"
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