English Explanatory Dictionary

sext

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
noun
  1. An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
verb
  1. To send a sext.

Pronunciation

/sɛkst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sext.wav

Word forms

sext sexts sexting sexted

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Derived words

sextee sexter sextual sextually
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