Definition for HEC'TIC, or HEC'TIC-AL

HEC'TIC, or HEC'TIC-AL, a. [Gr. εκτικος, from εξις, habit of body, from εχω, to have.]

  1. Habitual; pertaining to hectic.
  2. Affected with hectic fevers; as, a hectic patient. No hectic student scares the gentle maid. Taylor.

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