yexing

noun

yexing

noun

UK /ˈjɛksɪŋ/

Etymology From Middle English ȝyxynge, ȝoxing, from Old English ġeoxung, ġeocsung, ġiscung (“sobbing”), from Old English ġiscian (“to sob; sigh”), equivalent to yex + -ing.

Archaic, Dialectal A hiccup.

Frequent, convulsive Yexings, or Hickets.1714, Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech, Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books, volume 2:

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