5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hex- \Hex-\, Hexa \Hex"a\ [Gr. "e`x six. See {Six}.] A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hex adj : of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base [syn: {hexadecimal}] n : an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" [syn: {jinx}, {curse}, {whammy}] v : cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something [syn: {bewitch}, {glamour}, {witch}, {enchant}, {jinx}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 118 Moby Thesaurus words for "hex": Jonah, Weird Sisters, abuse, accurse, afflict, aggrieve, anathema, anathematize, bad influence, ban, bedevil, befoul, bewitch, blaspheme, blasphemy, blast, blight, bring bad luck, cantrip, charm, commination, condemn, confound, corrupt, coven, crucify, curse, damage, damn, damnation, darn, defile, demonize, denunciation, deprave, despoil, destroy, diabolize, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, enchant, enchantment, enchantress, envenom, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, excommunicate, excommunication, execrate, execration, exorcism, fulminate against, fulmination, get into trouble, glamour, hag, harass, harm, hoodoo, hurt, ill wind, impair, imprecate, imprecation, infect, injure, jinx, lamia, magic spell, malevolent influence, malison, malocchio, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, obsess, outrage, overlook, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, possess, prejudice, proscription, savage, scathe, shamaness, sorceress, spell, taint, threaten, throw a whammy, thunder against, thundering, torment, torture, violate, voodoo, wanga, weird, whammy, witch, witchwife, witchwoman, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]: hex n. 1. Short for {{hexadecimal}}, base 16. 2. A 6-pack of anything (compare {quad}, sense 2). Neither usage has anything to do with {magic} or {black art}, though the pun is appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were, of course, hex inverters. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: hex 1. {hexadecimal}. 2. A 6-pack of anything (compare {quad}). Neither usage has anything to do with {magic} or {black art}, though the pun is appreciated and occasionally used by hackers. True story: As a joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as protective amulets against hostile magic. The chips were, of course, hex inverters. 3.The {hash} character, used to introduce {hexadecimal} constants in some {assembly language}s. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-06)
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