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Sext

//sɛkst// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight. historical
  2. 2
    An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.

    "Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message"

  3. 3
    A message with sexual content wordnet
  4. 4
    The service appointed for this hour.
  5. 5
    the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon wordnet
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  1. 6
    A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
  2. 7
    An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To send a sext. intransitive, transitive

    "Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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