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s | hectic |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective hectic is

pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.

As a noun hectic is

(obsolete) a hectic fever.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    hectic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hectick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.
    • hectic''' fever; a '''hectic patient
  • Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
    • The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds

    Synonyms

    * feverish

    Derived terms

    * hectically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hectic fever.
  • (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.147:
    • For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek / A purple hectic played like dying day / On the snow-tops of distant hills [...].

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