hectivity
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hectivity (countable and uncountable, plural hectivities)
- (uncountable) A state of constant, frenzied, and typically stressful activity.
- 2002, John Ridley, A Conversation with the Mann[1], Warner Books, published 2002, →ISBN:
- I headed from my apartment over to a corner diner for a late break fast[sic], 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 edit
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hectivity.