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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sextra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɛkstɹə/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Blend of sex + extra.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncommon) An extra in a pornographic or sexual film.
    • [Says] Beamish, the actor who plays Severin, about the aesthetics of the film: 'Pornography is something that there's no connection to in this film.' […] The majority of the volunteer 'sextras' of the film tend to be young and […] 2016, Doctor David Alderson, Sex, Needs and Queer Culture: From Liberation to the Postgay, Zed Books Ltd., →ISBN:
    • In Williams' view, feature-length pornography does not lack a narrative. […] After all, as one of the sextras in the Sex-Not-Bombs room explains to Sofia, […] 2020, Susanne Jung, Bouncing Back: Queer Resilience in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century English Literature and Culture, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 186:

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sextras Number=Plur lexicographic