yex

verb, noun — 3 senses

yex

verb

/jɛks/

Etymology 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”).

Archaic To hiccup.

Archaic To belch or burp.

Derived terms: yexing

yex

noun

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

Archaic, Dialectal A hiccup.

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