rexn.¹adj.

Brit.

/rɛks/, U.S.

/rɛks/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rēx.

Etymology: < classical Latin rēx sovereign ruler of a state or people, king < the same Indo-European base as Gaulish rig- , rix king (see rich adj.) and (with different stem) Sanskrit rājan (see raja n.¹).In Old English manuscripts apparently occasionally standing for cyning king n. or perhaps, in the following instance, for cyne- kine- comb. form¹ (the metre requires alliteration of c-):OE Cynewulf Elene 610 Ne meahte he..oncyrran rex geniðlan; he wæs on þære cwene gewealdum.

A. n.¹

a. A king; a person who holds a position regarded as comparable to that of a king. Frequently as a title or inscription, often as postmodifier after the forename of the monarch. Also with capital initial. Cf. Regina n. 1. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun]

rexeOE

kingeOE

lede kingOE

kine-lordOE

rayc1440

sceptre-state1598

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > king

rexeOE

kingeOE

sceptre-state1598

kingship1638

eOE Royal Charter: Berhtwulf of Mercia to Forðred (Sawyer 204) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 6 Ic Berhtwulf rex ðas mine gesaldnisse trymme & faestna in Cristes rode tacne.

OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) i. 34 Ne writ þæt gewrit þæt he sie cyning, ac writ þæt he sylfa cwæde þæt he wære Iudea rex [OE Bodl. 340 þæt he heora cyning wære].

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 635 Her Cynegils rex wearð gefullod fram Birine ðan biscope.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 284 They had Rex groats so called of the Kings of England, after they had the stile of Kings of Ireland.

a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. ii. 101 'Tis not the fatall Rex, doth only Sting; A Commonwealth's a Tirant, as a King.

1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair i. xii He will be the leader, dictator, rex, imperator.

1896 W. W. How & H. D. Leigh Hist. Rome iv. 42 At the head of the united community was the father and ruler of the state, the rex or king.

1926 A. E. P. B. Weigall Wanderings Roman Brit. ix. 73 The Romans spoke of him [sc. Cunobelinus] as the Rex, or ‘King’, of Britain.

1984 T. Harrison Big H. i, in Coll. Film Poetry 22 And now I am a Herod, a true-blue Herodes Rex a Rex whose every little word's interpreted as Lex.

b. With capital initial. Esp. in law reports: the person and authority of the reigning king used to designate the prosecution in criminal proceedings. Abbreviated R (chiefly with point); cf. R n. 15a. Cf. Regina n. 2. [After contextual use of the Latin word in Latin legal documents.]

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > one who accuses of crime > the prosecution

Reg.1622

king1675

queen1713

Reginaa1715

rexa1715

crown1725

prosecution1746

state1783

people1801

1657 Reports of Edward Bulstrode i. 96 Dominus Rex, and Sir William Fitzwilliams against Ives.]

a1715 W. Salkeld Rep. Cases King's Bench (1717) 1 324 Rex versus Bear.

1792 W. Boscawen Treat. Convictions Penal Statutes 48 This was one of the points in the case of Rex v. Hall, last cited.

1835 J. F. Cooper Monikins II. vi. 99 In the case of Rex versus Noah Poke, the court ordered the punishment of decaudization to take precedence of that of decapitation.

1848 E. W. Cox Rep. Cases Crim. Law II. 423 Rex v. Webb is no authority for that distinction.

1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 90 Rex versus Smith means that the Law of the Land, not Edward, has a bone to pick with Mr. S.

1976 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 373 Rex v. Bishop of Lincoln (1637).

1996 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. t4 The first case is down as Todger and Dewlap Parish Council versus Rex. Surely that should be Rex versus Todger and Dewlap Parish Council?

†2.

a. to play rex: to act in a lordly or masterly manner; to domineer. Obsolete. [Compare play v. 28a.]

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] > domineer

lord1548

to play rex1556

lord1563

to play the rex1570

domineer1591

seniorize1593

lady1600

squire1672

prime1756

rough-ride1835

imperialize1843

1554 ‘Eusebius Pamphilus’ tr. M. Luther Faithful Admon. True Pastor & Prophete (new ed.) sig. F^v How hath the Pope ruffled (and plaied Rex Regum) with that thounderbolt of hys curse and excommunication, agaynste Emperours, Kinges, and agaynst al the world?]

1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power sig. L ^v He begineth to plaie Rex, yea the deuil in dede. He spoiled the nobilitie of their goodes and possessiones, made then slaues, and his owne slaues Lordes.

1578 J. Foxe in R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers sig. Hiiij^v Needs would haue..an Italian stranger, the Bishop of Rome to play Rex ouer them.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 124 Then playes hee Rex; tears, kills, and all consumes.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 286 The Prelacy..plaied Rex all the while with the People.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. Pref. Consider with your selves,..who it was, that but lately began to play Rex in your Country.

a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 208 All Spirituall Maladies play rex in mee, Though Christ should Lilly of my Vally bee.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. ix. 246 By my father's saul, none of them all shall play Rex with me.

b. Similarly to play the rex. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] > domineer

lord1548

to play rex1556

lord1563

to play the rex1570

domineer1591

seniorize1593

lady1600

squire1672

prime1756

rough-ride1835

imperialize1843

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 67/1 This Theodorius..began to playe the rex, placing and displacing the Bishops at hys pleasure.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 72 Roome for a roister,..that will suffer none to play the Rex, but himselfe.

a1672 A. Bradstreet Several Poems (1678) 71 His wife Semiramis usurp'd the Throne; She like a brave Uirago playd the Rex And was both shame and glory of her Sex.

3. Frequently with capital initial.

a. A variety or breed of rabbit (or mouse or rat) in which, as a result of genetic mutation, the guard hairs are reduced and wavy, or absent, giving the fur a soft, plush texture; an animal of such a variety or breed; any of the alleles which produce this type of fur.There are several types arising from mutations at different genetic loci. The first such variety to be developed as a breed (the ‘Castor Rex’ rabbit) originated in France in 1919 and was exhibited in Paris in 1924. [Short for Castor Rex (originally so named in French contexts) < classical Latin castor castor n.¹ + rēx rex n.¹, lit. ‘beaver king’, the fur of the rabbit being taken to resemble that of a beaver, and ‘king’ presumably referring to its luxuriousness.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > breed or variety of (miscellaneous)

Andalusian1854

Belgian hare1867

chinchilla rabbit1904

Havana rabbit1912

New Zealand1917

Beveren1919

rex1928

satin1935

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > other types of

rock rat1781

rock mouse1843

pouched mouse1853

coffee-rat1859

bush-rat1867

brown-footed rat1884

rex1928

1928 Times 28 May 16/5 A most recent acquisition to the fur breeds is the Rex, an animal with a coat of dense short fur which is characterized by the complete absence of guard hairs, a phenomenon sufficiently rare to be classed as a mutation.

1930 W. E. Castle Genetics Domest. Rabbit iii. 9 Rex also is recessive but is independent of angora in transmission.

1939 Nature 23 Sept. 557/1 The rex mouse has a coat somewhat similar to that of the same character in the rabbit... Rex is an autosomal dominant to normal.

1993 Harrowsmith Apr. 25/1 Farther down the line is a sleek and soft black rabbit, a rex named Nemo.

b. Any of several breeds of cat having a short curly or wavy coat with the guard hairs shortened or absent, produced by genetic mutations similar to those producing the Rex rabbit (see sense A. 3a); esp. (more fully Cornish Rex, Devon Rex) either of two breeds developed in Cornwall and Devon during the 1950s and 1960s; a cat of such a breed. Frequently attributive.A further breed, the German Rex, was later found to be genetically identical to the Cornish Rex.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of

blue cat1771

chartreuse1838

Maltese1857

Maltese cat1857

Abyssinian1871

Abyssinian cat1871

Russian Blue1872

Malay cat1881

chinchilla1889

longhair1889

Russian longhair1889

Maine cat1900

short-hair1903

British Shorthair1923

British Blue1929

Burmese cat1939

rex1958

rag doll1970

Maine Coon1971

1958 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 17 Oct. a20/1 On display will be more than 300 cats including a rex, a British-developed feline with a short, curly coat. Several rexes have been imported from England.

1965 Observer 31 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 4/3 A new sort of highly exclusive curly-coated cat called a Rex.

2001 Cats June 49/2 All of the rex breeds—Selkirk Rex, LaPerm, Cornish Rex and Devon Rex—possess coat mutations that cause the hair to curl, kink or wave.

B. adj.

Frequently with capital initial. Of an animal, esp. a rabbit or cat: that is a rex.

ΚΠ

1953 Nature 11 July 82/1 Seven kittens have been produced so far, of which three have been rex. So the condition is inherited.

1956 C. Auerbach Genetics in Atomic Age iv. 16 The Rex rabbit..has a mole-like fur.

1960 News Chron. 28 July 6/3 There's going to be a Rex kitten. This is the curly-coated kitten—a new breed which experimental breeders are trying to establish.

1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 34/2 (advt.) Rabbits: Breeding pairs and young. Rex, dwarf, English and Dutch.

1977 D. S. Richards Handbk. Pedigree Cat Breeding vii. 107 No rex cats should be mixed with other breeds.

2002 Time Out N.Y. 29 Aug. 14/2 The household includes three hairless rex cats, one wirehaired terrier and a rabbit.

Compounds

rex sole n. originally U.S. an edible flatfish, Glyptocephalus zachirus (family Pleuronectidae), found off the coasts of the North Pacific. [The reason for the name is unclear.]

ΚΠ

1914 C. E. Edwords Bohemian San Francisco 96 Jule's [restaurant] is famous for his Rex sole.

1960 Copeia No. 2. 114/2 Two sinistral examples of the rex sole, G. zachirus, have recently been collected off northern California.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xv. 268/1 Several commercially important flatfish species are pleuronectids, including arrowtooth flounder, petrale sole, rex sole, winter flounder, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† rexn.²

Forms: 1500s rexe, 1500s–1800s rex, 1600s reax, 1600s recks.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rex n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare reak n., which is apparently related, although the nature of the relationship is uncertain. Both words may ultimately reflect an extended use of rex n.¹; compare especially to play rex at rex n.¹ 2a. If so, the form reax probably shows a variant with lengthened vowel, and reak n. probably shows an inferred singular form based on such a lengthened variant. However, it also possible that both words show a different origin, and that rex spellings result from association with rex n.¹ (it is notable that the form recks is rare, and reck is apparently not found; perhaps compare also freak n.¹).

Obsolete.

With plural agreement. Pranks; playful or capricious tricks (see reak n.). Chiefly with play.Earliest in revel rex n. In quot. 1566 with singular agreement.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic

oliprancec1390

ragerya1393

vague1523

rex1566

friskin1570

gambol1573

reak1573

prank1576

vagary1588

whirligig1589

caper1592

prinkum-prankum1596

firk1611

frolica1635

carryings-on1663

ramp1696

romp1713

freak1724

scheme1758

rig1782

lark1811

escapade1814

gammock1819

gambade1821

enfantillage1827

game1828

shines1830

rollick1834

rusty1835

high jinksa1845

escapado1849

shenanigan1855

rum-tum1876

panta1901

gas1914

1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon v. i Within a reuell rexe is kept [L. res agitur intus magna], as sore as euer was.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 81 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) To suffer such a caytiffe to play such Rex.

1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman ii. ii. sig. C4^v The Bastard playes his Rex, whose ancient sore Beginnes to fester.

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 657 Another [king]..should bring down or humble three Kings, and play those recks which follow in the Text.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 304 The Lord Jesus will one day judge you for your prankes and rex that you haue plaid in your Services.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ii. 24 Having, as we noted, at this time of Carnival and Libertinism, permission to play Rex; say and do all kind of ridiculous Impertinences.

1732 Conjugal Duty 14 She revels and plays Rex.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	rex
释义	rexn.¹adj. Brit. /rɛks/, U.S. /rɛks/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rēx. Etymology: < classical Latin rēx sovereign ruler of a state or people, king < the same Indo-European base as Gaulish rig- , rix king (see rich adj.) and (with different stem) Sanskrit rājan (see raja n.¹).In Old English manuscripts apparently occasionally standing for cyning king n. or perhaps, in the following instance, for cyne- kine- comb. form¹ (the metre requires alliteration of c-):OE Cynewulf Elene 610 Ne meahte he..oncyrran rex geniðlan; he wæs on þære cwene gewealdum. A. n.¹ 1. a. A king; a person who holds a position regarded as comparable to that of a king. Frequently as a title or inscription, often as postmodifier after the forename of the monarch. Also with capital initial. Cf. Regina n. 1. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] rexeOE kingeOE lede kingOE kine-lordOE rayc1440 sceptre-state1598 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > king rexeOE kingeOE sceptre-state1598 kingship1638 eOE Royal Charter: Berhtwulf of Mercia to Forðred (Sawyer 204) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 6 Ic Berhtwulf rex ðas mine gesaldnisse trymme & faestna in Cristes rode tacne. OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) i. 34 Ne writ þæt gewrit þæt he sie cyning, ac writ þæt he sylfa cwæde þæt he wære Iudea rex [OE Bodl. 340 þæt he heora cyning wære]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 635 Her Cynegils rex wearð gefullod fram Birine ðan biscope. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 284 They had Rex groats so called of the Kings of England, after they had the stile of Kings of Ireland. a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. ii. 101 'Tis not the fatall Rex, doth only Sting; A Commonwealth's a Tirant, as a King. 1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair i. xii He will be the leader, dictator, rex, imperator. 1896 W. W. How & H. D. Leigh Hist. Rome iv. 42 At the head of the united community was the father and ruler of the state, the rex or king. 1926 A. E. P. B. Weigall Wanderings Roman Brit. ix. 73 The Romans spoke of him [sc. Cunobelinus] as the Rex, or ‘King’, of Britain. 1984 T. Harrison Big H. i, in Coll. Film Poetry 22 And now I am a Herod, a true-blue Herodes Rex a Rex whose every little word's interpreted as Lex. b. With capital initial. Esp. in law reports: the person and authority of the reigning king used to designate the prosecution in criminal proceedings. Abbreviated R (chiefly with point); cf. R n. 15a. Cf. Regina n. 2. [After contextual use of the Latin word in Latin legal documents.] ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > one who accuses of crime > the prosecution Reg.1622 king1675 queen1713 Reginaa1715 rexa1715 crown1725 prosecution1746 state1783 people1801 1657 Reports of Edward Bulstrode i. 96 Dominus Rex, and Sir William Fitzwilliams against Ives.] a1715 W. Salkeld Rep. Cases King's Bench (1717) 1 324 Rex versus Bear. 1792 W. Boscawen Treat. Convictions Penal Statutes 48 This was one of the points in the case of Rex v. Hall, last cited. 1835 J. F. Cooper Monikins II. vi. 99 In the case of Rex versus Noah Poke, the court ordered the punishment of decaudization to take precedence of that of decapitation. 1848 E. W. Cox Rep. Cases Crim. Law II. 423 Rex v. Webb is no authority for that distinction. 1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 90 Rex versus Smith means that the Law of the Land, not Edward, has a bone to pick with Mr. S. 1976 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 373 Rex v. Bishop of Lincoln (1637). 1996 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. t4 The first case is down as Todger and Dewlap Parish Council versus Rex. Surely that should be Rex versus Todger and Dewlap Parish Council? †2. a. to play rex: to act in a lordly or masterly manner; to domineer. Obsolete. [Compare play v. 28a.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] > domineer lord1548 to play rex1556 lord1563 to play the rex1570 domineer1591 seniorize1593 lady1600 squire1672 prime1756 rough-ride1835 imperialize1843 1554 ‘Eusebius Pamphilus’ tr. M. Luther Faithful Admon. True Pastor & Prophete (new ed.) sig. F^v How hath the Pope ruffled (and plaied Rex Regum) with that thounderbolt of hys curse and excommunication, agaynste Emperours, Kinges, and agaynst al the world?] 1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power sig. L ^v He begineth to plaie Rex, yea the deuil in dede. He spoiled the nobilitie of their goodes and possessiones, made then slaues, and his owne slaues Lordes. 1578 J. Foxe in R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers sig. Hiiij^v Needs would haue..an Italian stranger, the Bishop of Rome to play Rex ouer them. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 124 Then playes hee Rex; tears, kills, and all consumes. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 286 The Prelacy..plaied Rex all the while with the People. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. Pref. Consider with your selves,..who it was, that but lately began to play Rex in your Country. a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 208 All Spirituall Maladies play rex in mee, Though Christ should Lilly of my Vally bee. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. ix. 246 By my father's saul, none of them all shall play Rex with me. b. Similarly to play the rex. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] > domineer lord1548 to play rex1556 lord1563 to play the rex1570 domineer1591 seniorize1593 lady1600 squire1672 prime1756 rough-ride1835 imperialize1843 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 67/1 This Theodorius..began to playe the rex, placing and displacing the Bishops at hys pleasure. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 72 Roome for a roister,..that will suffer none to play the Rex, but himselfe. a1672 A. Bradstreet Several Poems (1678) 71 His wife Semiramis usurp'd the Throne; She like a brave Uirago playd the Rex And was both shame and glory of her Sex. 3. Frequently with capital initial. a. A variety or breed of rabbit (or mouse or rat) in which, as a result of genetic mutation, the guard hairs are reduced and wavy, or absent, giving the fur a soft, plush texture; an animal of such a variety or breed; any of the alleles which produce this type of fur.There are several types arising from mutations at different genetic loci. The first such variety to be developed as a breed (the ‘Castor Rex’ rabbit) originated in France in 1919 and was exhibited in Paris in 1924. [Short for Castor Rex (originally so named in French contexts) < classical Latin castor castor n.¹ + rēx rex n.¹, lit. ‘beaver king’, the fur of the rabbit being taken to resemble that of a beaver, and ‘king’ presumably referring to its luxuriousness.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > breed or variety of (miscellaneous) Andalusian1854 Belgian hare1867 chinchilla rabbit1904 Havana rabbit1912 New Zealand1917 Beveren1919 rex1928 satin1935 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > other types of rock rat1781 rock mouse1843 pouched mouse1853 coffee-rat1859 bush-rat1867 brown-footed rat1884 rex1928 1928 Times 28 May 16/5 A most recent acquisition to the fur breeds is the Rex, an animal with a coat of dense short fur which is characterized by the complete absence of guard hairs, a phenomenon sufficiently rare to be classed as a mutation. 1930 W. E. Castle Genetics Domest. Rabbit iii. 9 Rex also is recessive but is independent of angora in transmission. 1939 Nature 23 Sept. 557/1 The rex mouse has a coat somewhat similar to that of the same character in the rabbit... Rex is an autosomal dominant to normal. 1993 Harrowsmith Apr. 25/1 Farther down the line is a sleek and soft black rabbit, a rex named Nemo. b. Any of several breeds of cat having a short curly or wavy coat with the guard hairs shortened or absent, produced by genetic mutations similar to those producing the Rex rabbit (see sense A. 3a); esp. (more fully Cornish Rex, Devon Rex) either of two breeds developed in Cornwall and Devon during the 1950s and 1960s; a cat of such a breed. Frequently attributive.A further breed, the German Rex, was later found to be genetically identical to the Cornish Rex. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of blue cat1771 chartreuse1838 Maltese1857 Maltese cat1857 Abyssinian1871 Abyssinian cat1871 Russian Blue1872 Malay cat1881 chinchilla1889 longhair1889 Russian longhair1889 Maine cat1900 short-hair1903 British Shorthair1923 British Blue1929 Burmese cat1939 rex1958 rag doll1970 Maine Coon1971 1958 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 17 Oct. a20/1 On display will be more than 300 cats including a rex, a British-developed feline with a short, curly coat. Several rexes have been imported from England. 1965 Observer 31 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 4/3 A new sort of highly exclusive curly-coated cat called a Rex. 2001 Cats June 49/2 All of the rex breeds—Selkirk Rex, LaPerm, Cornish Rex and Devon Rex—possess coat mutations that cause the hair to curl, kink or wave. B. adj. Frequently with capital initial. Of an animal, esp. a rabbit or cat: that is a rex. ΚΠ 1953 Nature 11 July 82/1 Seven kittens have been produced so far, of which three have been rex. So the condition is inherited. 1956 C. Auerbach Genetics in Atomic Age iv. 16 The Rex rabbit..has a mole-like fur. 1960 News Chron. 28 July 6/3 There's going to be a Rex kitten. This is the curly-coated kitten—a new breed which experimental breeders are trying to establish. 1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 34/2 (advt.) Rabbits: Breeding pairs and young. Rex, dwarf, English and Dutch. 1977 D. S. Richards Handbk. Pedigree Cat Breeding vii. 107 No rex cats should be mixed with other breeds. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 29 Aug. 14/2 The household includes three hairless rex cats, one wirehaired terrier and a rabbit. Compounds rex sole n. originally U.S. an edible flatfish, Glyptocephalus zachirus (family Pleuronectidae), found off the coasts of the North Pacific. [The reason for the name is unclear.] ΚΠ 1914 C. E. Edwords Bohemian San Francisco 96 Jule's [restaurant] is famous for his Rex sole. 1960 Copeia No. 2. 114/2 Two sinistral examples of the rex sole, G. zachirus, have recently been collected off northern California. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xv. 268/1 Several commercially important flatfish species are pleuronectids, including arrowtooth flounder, petrale sole, rex sole, winter flounder, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † rexn.² Forms: 1500s rexe, 1500s–1800s rex, 1600s reax, 1600s recks. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rex n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare reak n., which is apparently related, although the nature of the relationship is uncertain. Both words may ultimately reflect an extended use of rex n.¹; compare especially to play rex at rex n.¹ 2a. If so, the form reax probably shows a variant with lengthened vowel, and reak n. probably shows an inferred singular form based on such a lengthened variant. However, it also possible that both words show a different origin, and that rex spellings result from association with rex n.¹ (it is notable that the form recks is rare, and reck is apparently not found; perhaps compare also freak n.¹). Obsolete. With plural agreement. Pranks; playful or capricious tricks (see reak n.). Chiefly with play.Earliest in revel rex n. In quot. 1566 with singular agreement. 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Rogers Naaman 304 The Lord Jesus will one day judge you for your prankes and rex that you haue plaid in your Services. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ii. 24 Having, as we noted, at this time of Carnival and Libertinism, permission to play Rex; say and do all kind of ridiculous Impertinences. 1732 Conjugal Duty 14 She revels and plays Rex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹adj.eOEn.²1566
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