sext
Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylightNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
» Yanni was sexting with female acquaintances.
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5 senses(historical)Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
The service appointed for this hour.
A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
A message with sexual content
(obsolete)An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
Examples
7 sentencesYanni was sexting with female acquaintances.
Mennad was looking for a sexting buddy.
He was sexting girls on his phone.
deEr hat auf seinem Handy mit Mädels gesextet. — Vortarulo
Sami was sexting.
I like sexting.
Origin
From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta. Blend of sex + text. As a verbFrom Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.
Blend of sex + text. As a verb, a back-formation from earlier sexting, formed from the noun.
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