hex
verb
- cast a spell
noun
- base-16 numbering system
- hexagonal tile (eg. on a board game)
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈhɛks/ / [ˈhɛks]
noun
Etymology: Short for hexafluoride.
- Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.
verb
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.
- To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.