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sext en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.

Meanings

  1. (historical) Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
  2. The service appointed for this hour.
  3. A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
  4. (obsolete) An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.

Forms

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sexts Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

canonical hour (both) · liturgy of the hours (service) · hour (both) · little hour (service)

Synonyms

meridiem · meridian · midday · noontide · undermeal · noon-time · 12 o'clock · 12 noon · nones · undertide · noontime · high noon · sext · twelve · undern · 12 p.m. · noontide · midday · noon · noonday

Translations (4)

ang middægsang (midday Christian service) · ca sexta (midday Christian service) · sv sext (midday Christian service) · la sexta (midday Christian service)

sext en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of sex + text. As a verb, a back-formation from earlier sexting, formed from the noun.

Meanings

  1. An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
    • Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message 2001 November 22, Baltimore Sun, page 37:

Forms

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sexts Number=Plur lexicographic

sext en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of sex + text. As a verb, a back-formation from earlier sexting, formed from the noun.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To send a sext.
    • She describes her content as “Valentine’s Day style” and says that for people who have grown up sexting friends, posting bikini shots of themselves on Instagram and becoming influencers, OnlyFans can feel like a “natural progression”. 2025 September 11, Amelia Gentleman, “Boom times and total burnout: three days at Europe’s biggest pornography conference”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • […] trying to get into the swing of things by texting my husband (I was a little tipsy, I will admit): "How do you sext someone?" hoping to engage in the latest trend. All I got was, "What!" in reply. 2009 March 1, Wendyl Nissen, “Sexts Suk... Go 4 a Real D8”, in New Zealand Herald, page 35:
    • Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham 2007 October 19, Cameron Millar, "Text Mad Brits Top League for Saucy Messages" in the Daily Star, p. 21 (caption)
    • We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day. 2013, Olukemi Lawani, First Steps to Flight, page 3:
    • Sexting sonnets / Under the tables 2022, “Billions”, performed by Caroline Polachek:
    • The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package. 2010 October 16, Victoria Gehman, “Sex Suspended, Celibacy Supreme”, in Albany Student Press:

Forms

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sexts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sexted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sexted Tense=Past lexicographic
sexting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

sextee · sextually · sextual · sexter

Synonyms

sex-text

Translations (2)

es sextear (to send a sext) · fr sexter (to send a sext)