sext

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkst

Etymology 1

From Latin sextus (“sixth”)

Noun

sext (plural sexts)

1. The fourth of the canonical hours; usually held at noon.

Translations

liturgical hour

• Catalan: sexta (ca) f

Etymology 2

Blend of sex and text (“to send a text message”); partly back-formation from sexting, which is more common.

Noun

sext (plural sexts)

1. A sexual text message.
2. Any electronic message with sexual context.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To send a sext message.
2. (transitive) To send (someone) a (sext message).
   • 2010 April 16, Gehman, Victoria, “Sex suspended, celibacy supreme”, Albany Student Press:

     The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package. When I opened the file the image was unlike anything I'd ever seen. "No wonder he's a sex addict!" I thought.

   • 2011 November 14, Bill Maher, The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass, Penguin, ISBN 9781101552155:

     This week, we found out Vikings quarterback Brett Favre allegedly tried to get with a young woman by sending her Myspace messages, voicemails, and notes through a friend, and when none of that worked, it was third and long—though not as long as most of us would have imagined—he decided to sext her pictures of Little Brett to close the deal.

Synonyms

• sex-text

Usage notes

• Particularly used as sexting.

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Catalan

Catalan ordinal numbers

<  5t	6t	7m   >
Ordinal : sext     Cardinal : sis     Multiplier : sèxtuple

Etymology

From Latin sextus (“sixth”)

Adjective

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

1. (ordinal) sixth

Usage notes

For most fractional numbers, the ordinal number is used to indicate the denominator of the fraction. The ordinal sext is used to indicate this denominator just as the corresponding English ordinal would be. Exceptions to this rule include mig (“half”), terç (“third”), quarter (“quarter”), milionèsim (“millionth”), bilionèsim (“billionth”), ....

The feminine form of the ordinal is usually used as the collective noun for a set of like objects of that size. Exceptions to the usual rule include parell (“set of 2”), qüern (“set of 4”), centenar (“set of 100”), grossa (“set of 144”), miler (“set of 1000”), and milenar (“1000”).

Synonyms

• sisè