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.