hecticity
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality of being hectic (pertaining to or symptomatic of hectic fever).
Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Notwithstanding the hecticity of the murky atmosphere, in which there was not a quiver from the U. S. flag that ornaments the grounds in lieu of a pennant."
- "His contention, developed in these four chapters of his book, is therefore eminently sane and practical, is not developed with the quasi-sentimental hecticity of “programs,” “propositions,” and “concordats” which might completely rupture[…]"
- "Jack Dempsey will swear off of so much hecticity."
- "’Twas in sooth the Christmas party, for which the Juniors and the Freshmen had truly in slavish fashion prepared amid the general hecticity of the pre-vacation days."
- "The hectic history of oil exploitation can show nothing for hecticity to equal the effort of exploitation of the last ten years in Venezuela."
- "How about late hours, heated rooms, traffic-dodging down the Portsmouth Road, general hecticity, and the soul-sickness of a futile life?"
Etymology
From French hecticité or hectic + -ity.
Origin
- Source language: French