hex
pronunciation
How to pronounce hex in British English: UK [heks]
How to pronounce hex in American English: US [heks]
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- Noun:
- an evil spell
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- Verb:
- cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
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- Adjective:
- of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
Word Origin
- hex (v.)
- 1830, American English, from Pennsylvania German hexe "to practice witchcraft," from German hexen "to hex," related to Hexe "witch," from Middle High German hecse, hexse, from Old High German hagazussa (see hag). Noun meaning "magic spell" is first recorded 1909; earlier it meant "a witch" (1856).
Example
- 1. Don 't you be putting a hex on me !
- 2. He doesn 't really have a hex on him .
- 3. L think we should do a hex .
- 4. Shadow hunter-cunning hero , adept at healing magics and voodoo curses . Can learn healing wave , hex , serpent ward and big bad voodoo . Attacks land and air units .
- 5. They put a forgetting hex on dr. brennan .