sext

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See also: sèxt

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sext (plural sexts)

  1. (historical) Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
    Synonyms: midday, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday
  2. (Roman Catholicism) The service appointed for this hour.
  3. (music) A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
  4. (music, obsolete) An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
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noon — see noon
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

sext (plural sexts)

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

Verb

sext (third-person singular simple present sexts, present participle sexting, simple past and past participle sexted)

  1. (intransitive and transitive) To send a sext.
    • 2007 October 19, Cameron Millar, "Text Mad Brits Top League for Saucy Messages" in the Daily Star, p. 21 (caption):
      Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham
    • 2009 March 1, Wendyl Nissen, “Sexts Suk... Go 4 a Real D8”, in New Zealand Herald, page 35:
      […] 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.
    • 2010 October 16, Victoria Gehman, “Sex Suspended, Celibacy Supreme”, in Albany Student Press:
      The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.
    • 2013, Olukemi Lawani, First Steps to Flight, page 3:
      We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day.
    • 2022, “Billions”, performed by Caroline Polachek:
      Sexting sonnets / Under the tables
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References

  • "sext, n.¹", "n.²", "v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
60[a], [b]
[a], [b], [c] ←  5 6 7  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: sis
    Ordinal (Latinate): sext
    Ordinal (Central): sisè
    Ordinal (Valencian): sisé
    Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 6t
    Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 6è
    Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 6é
    Multiplier: sèxtuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 6

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sextus (“sixth”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sext (feminine sexta, masculine plural sexts or sextos, feminine plural sextes)

  1. (ordinal number) sixth
    Synonym: sisè

Noun

sext m (plural sexts or sextos)

  1. (fractional number) sixth

Further reading

Middle English

Adjective

sext

  1. Alternative form of sixte

Noun

sext

  1. Alternative form of sixte

Pennsylvania German

Pennsylvania German ordinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : sex
    Ordinal : sext

Etymology

Compare German sechste, Dutch zesde, English sixth.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sext

  1. sixth

Numeral

sext

  1. sixth
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