hex
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛks/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛks
Etymology 1
First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)).[1] The noun appeared later, in the 1850s.[2] Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet of hag.
Verb
hex (third-person singular simple present hexes, present participle hexing, simple past and past participle hexed)
- (transitive) To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.
Translations
to put a hex on
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Noun
hex (plural hexes)
- An evil spell or curse.
- A witch.
- (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
Derived terms
Translations
an evil spell or curse
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a witch
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rare: a spell
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Etymology 2
Short for hexadecimal.
Noun
hex (uncountable)
- (computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Short for hexagon.
Noun
hex (plural hexes)
- A hexagonal space on a game board.
- (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
Derived terms
See also
- (climbing): nut
Etymology 4
Short for hexafluoride.
Noun
hex (plural hexes)
- (chemistry) Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.
References
- “hex”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “hex”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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