hecticity

Noun

hecticity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being hectic (very busy with activity and confusion).
   • 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.1913 August 10, Jerry Mack, “Knell of Day Terminates Game in the Ninth With No Decision; Umpire Sullivan Calls Off Fray With Score Even Up — 4 to 4. Errors Extravagant; Donley Pitches Well, But Sox...
   • 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[…]1921, The Living Church, page 761
2. (obsolete) The quality of being hectic (pertaining to or symptomatic of hectic fever).
   • The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;1878, L[éon Athanese] Gosselin, “I. Hyperostosis of Right Femur. II. Necrosis of Left Tibia.”, in Lewis A. Stimson, transl., Clinical Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at the Hospital of La Charité...
   • The author enumerates certain contra-indications; he insists upon hæmarrhage^([sic]) as the principal indication, and shows how the sufferer from hæmorrhoids who, from daily fluxes, has reached the last stage of hecticity, may be immediately restored by a simple and harmless operation;1878 June, F. Monod, “On Forced Dilatation of the Sphincter Ani. Considered specially in its application to the treatment of hæmorrhoids.”, in The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, volume V...