hectic

Definition of Hectic in English :

1. feverish, hectic

marked by intense agitation or emotion

Example Sentences:
'worked at a feverish pace'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hectic

adjective

1.

characterized by extreme activity or excitement

2.

associated with, peculiar to, or symptomatic of tuberculosis (esp in the phrases hectic fever, hectic flush)

noun

3.

a hectic fever or flush

4. rare

a person who is consumptive or who experiences a hectic fever or flush

adjective

1.

designating or of the fever accompanying wasting diseases, esp. tuberculosis

2.

of, affected with, or characteristic of a wasting disease, as tuberculosis; consumptive

3.

red or flushed, as with fever

4.

characterized by confusion, rush, excitement, etc.

adj.

1. Characterized by intense activity, confusion, or haste: "There was nothing feverish or hectic about his vigor" (Erik Erikson).

2. Medicine Of, relating to, or being a fever that fluctuates during the day, as in tuberculosis or septicemia.

3. Consumptive; feverish.

4. Flushed.