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rex
English
Etymology
From the Latin r?x (“king”), referring originally to rabbits of the Belgian "castorrex" breed, so named because their fur was similar to that of beavers. Entered English around 1920. Doublet of rajah and roy.
Noun
rex (plural rexes)
- An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.
Derived terms
- Cornish Rex
- Devon Rex
- German Rex
- Oregon Rex
- Selkirk Rex
Related terms
- Rex
Anagrams
- Ex'r, Xer, xer-
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *r?ks, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s (“ruler, king”). Cognates include Sanskrit ????? (r??jan, “king”) and Old Irish rí (“king”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re?ks/, [re?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reks/, [r?ks]
Noun
r?x m (genitive r?gis); third declension
- king, ruler
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:1
- ann? terti? r?gn? Ioachim r?gis Iuda v?nit Nabuchodonosor r?x Babyl?nis Hier?sal?m et obs?dit eam
- "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it."
- ann? terti? r?gn? Ioachim r?gis Iuda v?nit Nabuchodonosor r?x Babyl?nis Hier?sal?m et obs?dit eam
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:1
- (derogatory) despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually divided)
- (Late Latin, chess) king
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Coordinate terms
- r?g?na
Derived terms
- r?gnum
- r?gulus
- r?gis f?lia, r?gis puella (“princess”)
Related terms
Descendants
See also
References
- rex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- rex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- rex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
rex ?
- side
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wex
English
Verb
wex (third-person singular simple present wexes, present participle wexing, simple past and past participle wexed)
- Obsolete form of wax.
- 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis
- The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year;
Each wexing moon supply'd her wat'ry store.
- The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year;
- 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis
Anagrams
- EXW
Middle English
Noun
wex
- Alternative form of wax (“wax”)
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