Associations to the word «Hess»

Wiktionary

HESS, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

HESS, noun. English pianist (1890-1965).
HESS, noun. Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973).
HESS, noun. Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987).
HESS, noun. United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats