hectic
Plural: hectics
Adjective Satellite
- marked by intense agitation or emotion
Adj
- Very busy with activity and confusion.
- Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
- Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
Noun
- A hectic fever.
- A flush like one produced by such a fever.
Adjective
- Full of intense activity, confusion, or rush; very busy.
Examples
- hectic fever
- The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds
- The final minutes of the Scrabble game were hectic, with both players scrambling for last-minute points.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
hectic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhectic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hectic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
hectic: valid Words With Friends Word