Definition/Meaning of hex

• English - Verb: hex (third-person singular simple present hexes, present participle hexing, simple past and past participle hexed) (transitive) To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch . hex (third-person singular simple present hexes, present participle hexing, simple past and past participle hexed) To modify a game file using a hex editor . 2016 May 15, melissa mcewen, “Petz: A lost…
• English - Noun: hex (plural hexes) An evil spell or curse . A witch . (rare) A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft ). hex (uncountable) (abbreviation, clipping, informal, uncountable) Clipping of hexadecimal . (uncountable) A modified game file. 2013 August 5, nine lives, “How to add a hexed pet to my game”, in RKC Petz Forum, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2026: I…
• English - References: ^ “hex” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Merriam-Webster Online ^ “hex” in Dictionary . com Unabridged , v1 . 0 . 1 , Lexico Publishing Group , 2006.
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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. Etymology 2. Short for hexadecimal . Etymology 3. Short for…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈhɛks/ , [ˈhɛks] Rhymes: -ɛks