yex.
To hiccup.
Meaning & usage
To hiccup.
To belch or burp.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English yexen, yixen, yesken, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”). Cognate with Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), Middle High German geschen, gischen (“to yawn, gape”).
A hiccup.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ȝeoxe, ȝoxe, from Old English ġeoxa, ġeocsa, ġihsa (“hiccup; sobbing”).
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