Home › Words › K › kecksykecksykecksy · noun — the hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the hemlock.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyPossibly from kex, putatively meaning "something inedible or that causes one to gag," from keck (“to retch”)nounThe hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the hemlock.e.g.“[…]Conceives by idleness; and nothing teems, / But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, / Losing both beauty and utility.” — 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).