hex

Meaning

Verb

To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.

Noun

1. An evil spell or curse.
2. A witch.
3. (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).

Noun

Clipping of hexadecimal.

Noun

1. A hexagonal space on a game board.
2. a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.

Noun

Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.

Synonyms

curse

jinx

bewitch

spell

whammy

put a curse on

Hex

witch

enchant

evil eye

charm

hexagonal

sorcery

hexadecimal

put a hex on

sexangle

incantation

magic

🪄

glamour

practice witchcraft

witchcraft

hexagon

sorcerise

sorcerize

nemesis

beguile

cast

conjuration

enchantment

enrapture

enthral

fascinate

heckle

hoodoo

imprecate

invocation

juju

malediction

mesmerize

mojo

bedevil

ravish

vamp

magic spell

cast spells

hex-

Translations

fattura

enfeitiçar

Fluch

malocchio

maleficio

verfluchen

hexadecimal

enchanter

sortilège

sorcière

Verwünschung

fare una fattura a

Verfluchung

malefizio

büyü

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɛks/

Etymology

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: heks

Cognate with Dutch: heks

Cognate with Dutch: beheksen

Cognate with Old English: hægtesse

In summary

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.