Sexagon
//ˈsɛk.sə.ɡɑn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of hexagon.
"They might have taken a narrower line of conduct; they might have squeezed out a greater extent of country, and what would have been the end? To build pentagons, sexagons and quintagons — to shew an incessant and provoking spirit of jealousy and bad neighbourhood […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"They might have taken a narrower line of conduct; they might have squeezed out a greater extent of country, and what would have been the end? To build pentagons, sexagons and quintagons — to shew an incessant and provoking spirit of jealousy and bad neighbourhood […]"
Etymology
From sexa- + -gon. Piecewise doublet of hexagon.
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