sext
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sext¹
- /sɛkst/
Sounds like sexed · Rhymes with -ɛkst
Where it comes from
From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.
noun sexts
-
Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
Similar: midday, noontide, 12 o'clock, 12 noon, 12 p.m., high noon, meridian, meridiem, nones, noon, noonday, noontime
- The service appointed for this hour.
- A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
- An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
sext²
- /sɛkst/
Sounds like sexed · Rhymes with -ɛkst
Where it comes from
Blend of sex + text. As a verb, a back-formation from earlier sexting, formed from the noun.
noun sexts
- An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images. Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message
verb sexts · sexting · sexted
-
To send a sext.
Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham
Similar: sex-text
Translations
Talk about this word "sext." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sext. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sext. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sext "sext." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sext.Cite this
@misc{sext_2026,
title = {sext},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sext},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
