Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hectic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hectic \Hec"tic\, a. [F. hectique, Gr. ? habitual, consumptive,
fr. ? habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. ? to have; akin to
Skr. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hectic \Hec"tic\, n.
1. (Med.) Hectic fever.
2. A hectic flush.
It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hectic
adj : marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
feverish pace" [syn: {feverish}]
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