Hocus pocus (magic) derived from the Protoslavic word "kusiti", which is itself derived from Gothic "kausajn" meaning "to try", "to attempt". This may indicate that the wording belongs to the alchemy kitchen and court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552 – 1612). Also, "hocus" may mean "to cheat" in Latin or a distorted form of the word "hoc", "this". Combination of the two words may give a sense, especially both meanings together "this attempt/experiment" and "cheated attempt/experiment". According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term originates from "hax pax max Deus adimax", a pseudo-Latin phrase used as a magical formula by conjurors.
Pseudo-polyomino Pseudo-polyomino A pseudo-polyomino, also called a polyking, polyplet or hinged polyomino, is a plane geometric figure formed by joining one or more equal squares edge to edge or corner to corner at 90°. It is a polyform with square cells. The polyominoes are a subset of the polykings. The name "polyking" refers to the king in chess. The "n"-kings are the "n"-square shapes which could be occupied by a king on an infinite chessboard in the course of legal moves. Golomb uses the term "pseudo-polyomino" referring to kingwise-connected sets of squares. There are three common ways of distinguishing polyominoes and