† sexangle Obs. rare.
[ad. L. sexangulus, f. sex six + angulus angle n.2 Cf. siseangle (1551).]
A hexagon.
| 1651 J. F[reake] Agrippa's Occ. Philos. ii. xxiii. 253 Triangle, quadrangle, sexangle [orig. L. hexagonum], septangle, octangle, and the rest. 1788 T. Taylor Proclus I. Pref., As Barocius observes, why..should not πεντάγωνος and ἑξάγωνος be rendered quinquangle and sexangle. 1795 Hutton Math. Dict., Sexangle, in Geometry, a figure having 6 angles, and consequently 6 sides also. |
So † sexangled a. rare—1 [after late L. sexangulātus], = next.
| 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. iii. iv, The fayre tower..Was all about sexangled. 1730 Bailey (folio), Sex-Angled [with Geometricians] having six Angles, as in the Figure. |