See hectic on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for hectic meaning in All languages combined (16.8kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hectically"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hecticity"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hectivity"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*seǵʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "etik"
},
"expansion": "Middle English etik",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ethik"
},
"expansion": "ethik",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "etique"
},
"expansion": "Old French etique",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "*hecticus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin *hecticus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἑκτικός",
"4": "",
"5": "habitual, hectic, consumptive"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἕξις",
"3": "",
"4": "a state or habit of body or of mind, condition"
},
"expansion": "ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἔχειν",
"3": "",
"4": "to have, hold, be in a certain state"
},
"expansion": "ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more hectic",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most hectic",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hectic (comparative more hectic, superlative most hectic)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"hec‧tic"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Very busy with activity and confusion."
],
"id": "en-hectic-en-adj-0sGN5GMi",
"links": [
[
"busy",
"busy"
],
[
"activity",
"activity"
],
[
"confusion",
"confusion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feverish"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzbuden",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "възбуден"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nespokoen",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "неспокоен"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "frenètic"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agitat"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mánglù de",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "忙碌的"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fánmáng de",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "繁忙的"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektický"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hectisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "kuumeinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "kiihkeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agité"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febbrile"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frenetico"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vózbuden",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "во́збуден"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nespókoen",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "неспо́коен"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektyczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "frenético"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agitat"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lixorádočnyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "лихора́дочный"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sujetlívyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "суетли́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sumatóšnyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "сумато́шный"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "ajetreado"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agobiante"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "frenético"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "jäktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "harjačkovyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гарячковий"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metušlyvyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "метушливий"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 74 2 1 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "hectic fever",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin."
],
"id": "en-hectic-en-adj-1On45mbO",
"links": [
[
"fever",
"fever"
],
[
"consumption",
"consumption"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "treskav",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "трескав"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hèctic"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hektinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hectique"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tréskav",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "тре́скав"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "treskávičen",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "треска́вичен"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hektyczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "frenético"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hectic"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lixorádočnyj",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "лихора́дочный"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hektyčnyj",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гектичний"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "suxotnyj",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сухотний"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever."
],
"id": "en-hectic-en-adj-8e-y4~A-",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛktɪk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛktɪk"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hectic.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hectick"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "hectical"
}
],
"word": "hectic"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*seǵʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "etik"
},
"expansion": "Middle English etik",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ethik"
},
"expansion": "ethik",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "etique"
},
"expansion": "Old French etique",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "*hecticus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin *hecticus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἑκτικός",
"4": "",
"5": "habitual, hectic, consumptive"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἕξις",
"3": "",
"4": "a state or habit of body or of mind, condition"
},
"expansion": "ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἔχειν",
"3": "",
"4": "to have, hold, be in a certain state"
},
"expansion": "ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hectics",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hectic (plural hectics)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"hec‧tic"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A hectic fever."
],
"id": "en-hectic-en-noun-MFiAfd3V",
"links": [
[
"fever",
"fever"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A hectic fever."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard",
"text": "an angry hectic in each cheek, a fierce flirt of her fan, and two or three short sniffs that betokened mischief",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A flush like one produced by such a fever."
],
"id": "en-hectic-en-noun-LSkynakK",
"links": [
[
"flush",
"flush"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛktɪk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛktɪk"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hectic.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hectick"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "hectical"
}
],
"word": "hectic"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "hectique",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "French hectique",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "hectique"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French hectique",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French hectique.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hectică",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectici",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hectic",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectică",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectica",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectic",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hectic m or n (feminine singular hectică, masculine plural hectici, feminine and neuter plural hectice)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"hectic"
],
"id": "en-hectic-ro-adj-Ubi5cIY1",
"links": [
[
"hectic",
"hectic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "hectic"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seǵʰ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɛktɪk",
"Rhymes:English/ɛktɪk/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "hectically"
},
{
"word": "hecticity"
},
{
"word": "hectivity"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*seǵʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "etik"
},
"expansion": "Middle English etik",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ethik"
},
"expansion": "ethik",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "etique"
},
"expansion": "Old French etique",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "*hecticus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin *hecticus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἑκτικός",
"4": "",
"5": "habitual, hectic, consumptive"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἕξις",
"3": "",
"4": "a state or habit of body or of mind, condition"
},
"expansion": "ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἔχειν",
"3": "",
"4": "to have, hold, be in a certain state"
},
"expansion": "ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more hectic",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most hectic",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hectic (comparative more hectic, superlative most hectic)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"hec‧tic"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Very busy with activity and confusion."
],
"links": [
[
"busy",
"busy"
],
[
"activity",
"activity"
],
[
"confusion",
"confusion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feverish"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "hectic fever",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin."
],
"links": [
[
"fever",
"fever"
],
[
"consumption",
"consumption"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛktɪk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛktɪk"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hectic.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hectick"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "hectical"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzbuden",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "възбуден"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nespokoen",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "неспокоен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "frenètic"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agitat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mánglù de",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "忙碌的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fánmáng de",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "繁忙的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektický"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hectisch"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "kuumeinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "kiihkeä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektisch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febbrile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frenetico"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vózbuden",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "во́збуден"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nespókoen",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "неспо́коен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "hektyczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "frenético"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agitat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lixorádočnyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "лихора́дочный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sujetlívyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "суетли́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sumatóšnyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "сумато́шный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "ajetreado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "agobiante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "frenético"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"word": "jäktig"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "harjačkovyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гарячковий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metušlyvyj",
"sense": "very busy with activity and confusion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "метушливий"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "treskav",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "трескав"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hèctic"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hektinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hectique"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tréskav",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "тре́скав"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "treskávičen",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "треска́вичен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hektyczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "febril"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "frenético"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "hectic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lixorádočnyj",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"word": "лихора́дочный"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hektyčnyj",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гектичний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "suxotnyj",
"sense": "denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сухотний"
}
],
"word": "hectic"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seǵʰ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɛktɪk",
"Rhymes:English/ɛktɪk/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*seǵʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "etik"
},
"expansion": "Middle English etik",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ethik"
},
"expansion": "ethik",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "etique"
},
"expansion": "Old French etique",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "*hecticus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin *hecticus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἑκτικός",
"4": "",
"5": "habitual, hectic, consumptive"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἕξις",
"3": "",
"4": "a state or habit of body or of mind, condition"
},
"expansion": "ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἔχειν",
"3": "",
"4": "to have, hold, be in a certain state"
},
"expansion": "ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hectics",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hectic (plural hectics)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"hec‧tic"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A hectic fever."
],
"links": [
[
"fever",
"fever"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A hectic fever."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard",
"text": "an angry hectic in each cheek, a fierce flirt of her fan, and two or three short sniffs that betokened mischief",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A flush like one produced by such a fever."
],
"links": [
[
"flush",
"flush"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛktɪk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛktɪk"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hectic.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hectic.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hectick"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "hectical"
}
],
"word": "hectic"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "hectique",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "French hectique",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "hectique"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French hectique",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French hectique.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hectică",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectici",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hectic",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectică",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectica",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectic",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hectici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hectice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hecticelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hectic m or n (feminine singular hectică, masculine plural hectici, feminine and neuter plural hectice)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian adjectives",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms derived from French"
],
"glosses": [
"hectic"
],
"links": [
[
"hectic",
"hectic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "hectic"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.