English-Thai Dictionary

hectic

ADJ วุ่นวาย  bustling frantic frenetic calm wun-wai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HECTIC, HECTICAL

a.[Gr. habit of body, to have. ] Habitual; denoting a slow, continual fever, marked by preternatural, though remitting heat, which precedes and accompanies the consumption or phthisis; as a hectic fever. 1. Affected with hectic fevers; as a hectic patient.
2. Troubled with a morbid heat.
No hectic student scares the gentle maid.

 

HECTIC

n.A hectic; or habitual fever.

 

HECTICALLY

adv. Constitutionally.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HECTIC

Hec "tic, a. Etym: [F. hectique, Gr. 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.

 

HECTIC

HECTIC Hec "tic, n.

 

1. (Med. )

 

Defn: Hectic fever.

 

2. A hectic flush. It is no living hue, but a strange hectic. Byron.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hectic

hec tic |ˈhektik ˈhɛktɪk | ▶adjective 1 full of incessant or frantic activity: a hectic business schedule. 2 Medicine, archaic relating to, affected by, or denoting a regularly recurrent fever typically accompanying tuberculosis, with flushed cheeks and hot, dry skin. ▶noun Medicine, archaic a hectic fever or flush. • a patient suffering from such a fever. DERIVATIVES hec ti cal ly |-tik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN 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 specific association with the symptoms of tuberculosis ( hectic fever ) gave rise to the early 20th -cent. sense ‘characterized by feverish activity. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

hectic

hec ¦tic |ˈhɛktɪk | ▶adjective 1 full of incessant or frantic activity: a hectic business schedule. 2 Medicine, archaic relating to or affected by a regularly recurrent fever typically accompanying tuberculosis, with flushed cheeks and hot, dry skin. ▶noun Medicine, archaic a hectic fever or flush. DERIVATIVES hectically adverb ORIGIN 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.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hectic

hectic adjective the trip to the airport was hectic: frantic, frenetic, frenzied, feverish, manic, busy, active, fast and furious, fast-paced; lively, brisk, bustling, buzzing, abuzz. ANTONYMS leisurely.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hectic

hectic adjective a hectic business schedule | a hectic street market: frantic, frenetic, frenzied, feverish, manic, restless, very busy, very active, fast and furious; lively, brisk, bustling, buzzing, vibrant, crowded. ANTONYMS leisurely; quiet.

 

Spanish Dictionary

héctico, -ca

héctico, -ca (también hético o ético )adjetivo 1 De la tisis o relacionado con ella .SINÓNIMO tísico .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que padece tisis .SINÓNIMO tísico .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hectic

hec tic /héktɪk /形容詞 大忙しの, 猛烈に忙しい (busy ).h é c ti cal ly /-k (ə )li /副詞