Hēc'tic or Hēc'tic-al1, a.
a. [Gr. ἐκτικός, habitual, consumptive, from ἕξις, habit, a habit of body or mind, from ἔχειν, to have, future ἕξω; Fr. hectique, Sp. hetico, It. etico.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to hectic; habitual; constant.
Sense 2. Affected with hectic fever; as, a hectic patient.
No hectic student scares the gentle maid. Taylor.