From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhectichec‧tic /ˈhektɪk/ adjective1BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DOvery busy or full of activity
I’ve had a pretty hectic day.
a hectic social life► see thesaurus at busy2written if your face is a hectic colour, it is very pink
the hectic flush on her cheeksExamples from the Corpushectic• He'd just returned from a hectic 10-day trip to New York.• The summer of 1990 was too hectic.• There are two hundred guestsarriving in one hour! That's why things are so hectic!• The last few days had been hectic and exhausting.• It was prettyhectic - and scary.• It was really hectic at work today.• Time spent in taking stock is time well spent, even in the middle of a hectic day.• I know we all enjoyed every minute of the three hecticmonths.• PeterHalldirects all this at a hecticpace around Carl Toms's lavish set.• During the month of hecticpacking and training at Fort Benning, I barely knew who they were.• I know you have a hecticschedule, but could you pick something up for me on your way home?• It's been a pretty hectic week.• In the last hectic weeks before the show started we were practically living in the theatre to get it ready on time.From Longman Business Dictionaryhectichec‧tic /ˈhektɪk/ adjectiveFINANCEhectic trading is when a lot of people buy and sellshares, currencies etchectic trading in which 3.1 million shares changed handsOriginhectic(1300-1400)Old Frenchetique, from Greekhektikos“done as a habit, suffering from tuberculosis”, from exis“state of body or mind”
