Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete)A hectic fever.

  2. (obsolete)A flush like one produced by such a fever.

Examples

38 sentences

  1. We have a hectic week ahead of us.

    На нас чекає неспокійний тиждень. — oromashka

    ruВпереди нас ждёт беспокойная неделя. — Karok

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  2. I had a hectic week.

    У мене був неспокійний тиждень. — deniko

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  3. It sounds like you had a hectic day.

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  4. That week in Boston was pretty hectic.

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  5. Monday was so hectic.

    ruПонедельник был такой суматошный! — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, fr

From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).

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Forms

plural: hectics

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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