Rex
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rex¹
- /ˈɹɛks/
Rhymes with -ɛks
Where it comes from
From Latin rēx (“king”). Doublet of rajah and roy.
Noun sense 2 originally referred to rabbits of the Belgian "castorrex" breed, so named because their fur was similar to that of beavers, and entered English around 1920.
noun rexes · reges
- A king, particularly in ancient Rome. And though the sturdy patrician nobility had already gained ground, though the reges attempted gradually to enlarge the scope of their functions—all this does not change the elementary and fundamental character of the constitution, and this alone is essential.
- An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.
verb rexes · rexing · rexed
- To breed (an animal) to have this kind of hair.
Rex²
- /ɹɛks/
Sounds like wrecks · Rhymes with -ɛks
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Italic *rēks
Latin rēxbor.
English Rex
From Latin rēx (“king”). Doublet of rajah and roy.
proper noun
- The reigning king.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- A popular name for a dog.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
