Y is for Yex

Here I am on this penultimate day of the A to Z Challenge with another vocabulary word for you.

Today's word is: YEX

Yex is an old word that means "to hiccough."  In the course of researching this word, I came across this line:

"He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose." -Chaucer

Chaucer died in the year 1400, so that was a while ago.  It's not a word you hear often, that's for sure, but it's a fun one.

Reasons to know this word:

-You can now quote Chaucer, which makes you cultured.  I promise.

-The word "yex" oddly enough sounds a bit like someone sneezing.  That's mildly amusing.

-It rhymes with other fun three-letter words.  The potential for dirty limericks is there.