hecticity noun2 •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 •(no longer used) 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
