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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive;
        as, a hectic patient.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility,
        occurring usually at a advanced stage of exhausting
        disease, as a in pulmonary consumption.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Hectic \Hec"tic\, n.
     1. (Med.) Hectic fever.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A hectic flush.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. --Byron.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  hectic
       adj : marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
             feverish pace" [syn: feverish]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hectic
     Αγγλικά a.
     φρενήρης, πυρετώδης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hectic
     Romanian a.
     (l en hectic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  hectic
     a.
     1 (lb en figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption
  and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry
  skin.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A hectic fever.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  hectic
     Romanian a.
     (l en hectic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  hectic
     a.
     1 (lb en figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption
  and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry
  skin.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A hectic fever.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hectic
     Engelska a.
     hektisk, febril, jäktig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Hectic /hˈɛktɪk/
  محموم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  hectic //ˈhɛktɪk// 
  1. трескав
  denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption
  2. възбуден, неспокоен
  very busy with activity and confusion

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hectic /hˈɛktɪk/ 
  horečný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hectic /hˈɛktɪk/
  hektický

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hectic /hˈɛktɪk/
  hektisch 
        "hectic last-minute preparations"  - hektische Vorbereitungen in letzter Minute
   see: more hectic, most hectic, This week has seen a flurry/frenzy of activity.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  hectic /hˈɛktɪk/
  
  πολυάσχολος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  hectic //ˈhɛktɪk// 
  1. hektinen
  denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption
  2. hektinen, kiihkeä, kuumeinen
  very busy with activity and confusion

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  hectic /hˈɛktɪk/ 
  1. चहल-पहल भरा
        "शादी के दिन"hectic"वातावरण था."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  hectic /hˈɛktɪk/
  1. izgatott
  2. mozgalmas
  3. nyugtalan
  4. lázas

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  hectic /ˈhektɪk/ 
    gorączkowy, rozgorączkowany

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  hectic /hˈɛktɪk/
  agitado, febril

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  hectic //ˈhɛktɪk// 
  jäktig, hektisk
  very busy with activity and confusion

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhɛktɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  122 Moby Thesaurus words for "hectic":
     agitated, at fever pitch, bloom, blooming, blowzed, blowzy, blush,
     blushing, boiling, boiling over, burning, burning with excitement,
     burnt, bustling, busy, calenture, chaotic, childbed fever,
     coloring, continued fever, crimsoning, delirious, delirium,
     eruptive fever, excited, fanatical, febricity, febrile, febrility,
     fervent, fervid, fever, fever heat, fevered, feverish,
     feverishness, feverous, fieriness, fiery, fire, flaming, florid,
     flush, flushed, flushing, frantic, frenetic, frenzied,
     full-blooded, furious, glow, glowing, heat, heated, hectic fever,
     hectic flush, het up, hot, hyperactive, hyperkinetic, hyperpyretic,
     hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia, hyperthermic, hysteric, in a fever,
     in rut, incandescence, infatuated, inflamed, insane,
     intermittent fever, intrusive, mad, mantling, officious,
     overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic,
     overzealous, passionate, perfervid, protein fever, puerperal fever,
     pyretic, pyrexia, red-complexioned, red-faced, red-fleshed,
     red-hot, reddening, redness, relapsing fever, remittent,
     remittent fever, riotous, rosiness, rosy, rosy-cheeked,
     rubefacient, rubescence, rubicund, ruddy, ruddy-complexioned,
     ruddy-faced, rufescence, rushed, sanguine, seething,
     sexually excited, steaming, steamy, sunburned, ultrazealous,
     urethral fever, vaccinal fever, warm, water fever, whiteness, wild,
     wound fever
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 脸上发红,发热的,消耗热的;
  n. 脸红,消耗热患者;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 脸上发红,发热的,消耗热的,肺病的
     n. 脸红,消耗热患者

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