hex
Multiple Entries:hex hexa-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hex1 N. Amer.
▶verb cast a spell on. ▶noun
- 1 a magic spell.
- 2 a witch.
– origin C19 (as v.): from Pennsylvanian Ger. hexe (v.), Hex (n.), from Ger. hexen (v.), Hexe (n.).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hex2
▶adjective & noun short for hexadecimal.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hexa- /ˈheksə/ (also hex- before a vowel)
▶combining form six; having six.
– origin from Gk hex ‘six’.
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