hex

See also: Hex and hex-

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛks/
  • 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 Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Related to hag.

Verb

hex (third-person singular simple present hexes, present participle hexing, simple past and past participle hexed)

  1. (transitive) To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.
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Noun

hex (plural hexes)

  1. An evil spell or curse.
  2. A witch.
  3. (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Short for hexadecimal.

Noun

hex (uncountable)

  1. (computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.
Translations

Etymology 3

Short for hexagon.

Noun

hex (plural hexes)

  1. A hexagonal space on a game board.
  2. (climbing) a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.

See also

(climbing): nut

References

  1. ↑ “hex” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  2. ↑ “hex” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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