yexing

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjɛksɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛksɪŋ

Etymology 1

From yex +‎ -ing.

Verb

yexing

  1. present participle and gerund of yex

Etymology 2

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

Noun

yexing (plural yexings)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) A hiccup.
    • 1714, Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech, Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books, volume 2:
      Frequent, convulsive Yexings, or Hickets.
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