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Definition: KEX

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A weed; a kecksy.[Websters]
2. A dry husk or covering.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Kex" is a common misspelling or typo for: kea, ked.

Date "Kex" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

Specialty Definition: KEX

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] Hemlock; the stem of the teasel; a dry stalk.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Literature Kex hemlock. Tennyson says in The Princess, "Though the rough kex break the starred mosaic," though weeds break the pavement. Nothing breaks a pavement like the growth of grass or lichen through it. (Welsh, cecys, hemlock; French, cigu; Latin, cicuta.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wiktionary 1: [Noun] (obsolete) A dry husk or covering. (references)
  2: [Noun] (obsolete, botany) A weed; a kecksy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: KEX


KEX

KEX may refer to:


Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "KEX". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: KEX

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
KEX 26     KEX 26
KEX (AM) 23     KEX (AM) 23

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"kex" is a common misspelling or typo for: kea, ked.

Synonyms: kex
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

keck, weed.
Consider also: queasiness, grass, marijuana, pot.

Other

kecksy.
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