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yex.

To hiccup.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/jɛks/
  1. To hiccup.

    archaic · intransitive
  2. To belch or burp.

    archaic · intransitive
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”).

noun/jɛks/
  1. A hiccup.

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ȝeoxe, ȝoxe, from Old English ġeoxa, ġeocsa, ġihsa (“hiccup; sobbing”).

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