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Hex

//hɛks// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An evil spell or curse.
  2. 2
    Clipping of hexadecimal. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
  3. 3
    A hexagonal space on a game board.
  4. 4
    Clipping of uranium hexafluoride. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  5. 5
    an evil spell wordnet
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  1. 6
    A witch.
  2. 7
    a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
  3. 8
    A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft). rare
Verb
  1. 1
    To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch. transitive
  2. 2
    cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Short for hexadecimal.

Etymology 4

Short for hexagon.

Etymology 5

Short for hexafluoride.

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