sexangular

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/sɛkˈsæŋɡjʊlə/

adjective

Having six angles; hexagonal.

OriginLate Latin sexangulāris →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivesexangular (not comparable)

alternative sixangular

  1. not comparableHaving six angles; hexagonal.

    The sexangular Cels in the Honeycombs of Bees are disposed after this order.

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 189
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    Hence could I also very easily, and I think truly, deduce the cause of the curious sixangular figures of Snow, and the appearances of Haloes, &c. and the sudden thickning of the Sky with Clouds […]

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia

Origin

  1. Late Latinsexangulāris
  2. Englishsexangular

From Late Latin sexangulāris, from sexangulus. By surface analysis, sex- + -angular. Piecewise doublet of hexangular.

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APA

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MLA

“sexangular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexangular. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexangular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexangular.

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