ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sext

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /sɛkst/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sext is a noun meaning (Roman Catholicism) The service appointed for this hour.

Meaning

(Roman Catholicism) The service appointed for this hour.

More Meanings

  1. (music) A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
  2. (music, obsolete) An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
  3. An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
  4. (intransitive and transitive) To send a sext.
  5. (historical) Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.

Example Sentences

Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message
Sexting sonnets / Under the tables
Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham
The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.

Word Forms

Synonyms for sext

Depending on context, synonyms include sex-text, midday, noontide, meridian, meridiem, nones.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include undern, nones, sixish, midnight, sextette, noon.

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