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English
Etymology
Blend of hectic + activity.
Noun
hectivity (countable and uncountable, plural hectivities)
- (uncountable) A state of constant, frenzied, and typically stressful activity.
2002, John Ridley, A Conversation with the Mann, Warner Books, published 2002, →ISBN:I headed from my apartment over to a corner diner for a late break fast, and I don't recall the normal crush of people packing the New York streets or the usual hectivity.
- (countable) A frenetic or stressful activity.
1962 March 11, “A Day on a Luxury Liner, Cruising on a Sunlit Sea”, in Boston Globe:Out here on the Pacific, there's no rush, no tension, none of the "hectivities" of everyday life ashore.
Quotations
Translations
state of frenzied activity