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hectic 1. associated with, peculiar to, or symptomatic of tuberculosis (esp in the phrases hectic fever, hectic flush) 2. a hectic fever or flush 3. Rare a person who is consumptive or who experiences a hectic fever or flush How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Naseby sat brooding in his study, that there was shown in upon him, on urgent business, a little hectic gentleman shabbily attired. says Briggs (who was thinking of twenty- four years back, and that hectic young writing-master whose lock of yellow hair, and whose letters, beautiful in their illegibility, she cherished in her old desk upstairs). Two hectic blotches came suddenly into her pale cheeks. |
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