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yex¹

  • /jɛks/

Rhymes with -ɛks

Where it 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”).

verb yexes · yexing · yexed · yesk

  1. archaic, intransitive To hiccup.
  2. archaic, intransitive To belch or burp.

yex²

  • /jɛks/

Rhymes with -ɛks

Where it comes from

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

noun yexes · yesk

  1. archaic, dialectal A hiccup.

    Similar: yexing

Translations

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verb to hiccup

Françaishoqueter
עבריתשיהוק shihuk

verb to belch or burp

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"yex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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yex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yex

Chicago

"yex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yex.

BibTeX
@misc{yex_2026,
  title = {yex},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yex},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}