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hex

verb
/ˈhɛks/

Etymology

First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet of hag.

  1. derived from hexen
  2. borrowed from hexe — “to practice witchcraft”

Definitions

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

  2. An evil spell or curse.

  3. A witch.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).

    2. Clipping of hexadecimal.

    3. A hexagonal space on a game board.

    4. a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or…

      a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.

    5. Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.

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Derived

dehex, hexcraft, hexology, hex sign, unhex, hexer, dihex, heptahex, hexahex, hexane, hex bar, hex crawl, hex head bolt, hex head screw, hex head wrench, hex key, megahex, monohex, pentahex, polyhex, tetrahex, trihex

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hex. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA