hectic

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (figuratively) Very busy with activity and confusion.
2. (obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
3. (obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.

Noun

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

Concepts

fiévreux

agité

survolté

fébrile

hectique

trépidant

très mouvementé

fièvreux

agitation fiévreuse

être occupé

frénétique

Synonymes

feverish

bustling

frantic

chaotic

bewildering

consumptive

phthisical

dizzy

💫

hectic fever

heated

busy

hot

🥵

phthisic

irritating

keen

mad

manic

messy

occupied

passionate

pellmell

pell-mell

rabid

raging

red

restless

seething

sensual

stirring

sultry

topsy-turvy

torrid

turbulent

unclear

upset

vehement

very busy

wild

pyrexial

a consumptive person

ablaze

febricitant

agitated

ardent

cluttered

engaged

excited

fanatic

febrile

frenetic

Traductions

hektisch

febbrile

agitado

febril

febril

hectisch

agitado

محموم

febril

frenético

ajetreado

frenetico

εκτικός

in Anspruch genommen sein

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɛktɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: etik

In summary

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”).