sext
1the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
Origin of sext
1Words Nearby sext
Other definitions for sext (2 of 2)
to send someone a sexually explicit digital image, video, text message, or email, typically a photo of oneself, usually by cell phone.
a sexually explicit digital image, text message, etc., sent to someone usually by cell phone.
Origin of sext
2Other words from sext
- sext·er, noun
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How to use sext in a sentence
Those who had only requested or received a sext did not have an increased likelihood of having had sex.
The lanky, scandal-scarred former Congressman and purveyor of the now colloquial sext, has lived and died by the tweet.
Anthony Weiner, Disgraced Over Sexting Scandal, Still Tweeting | Gideon Resnick | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, things get extra complicated when you get to the sext.
The Way We Live Now: Nearly Half of Single Cellphone Users Have Received a Sext, Two-Thirds of Couples Share Passwords | Emily Shire | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut we were, of course, mostly giggling at the nom de sext “Carlos Danger” and his profane sexual demands.
The Absurd Media Response to Steve Cohen’s Non-Scandal | Michael Moynihan | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnthony Weiner once promised he would seek professional help, but he continued to sext for more than a year after his resignation.
Is Anthony Weiner a Sex Addict, or Is There No Such Thing? | Caroline Linton | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
At tierce a short chapter-mass was sung followed by continued study; from terce to sext the nuns shall read lessons (l. 1905).
Woman under Monasticism | Lina EckensteinWe will talk of him at greater length another day, for it is time we went down; the hour of sext is near.
En Route | J.-K. (Joris-Karl) HuysmansHis tour de force is the use of the sext stop; but he oftener uses the quint, or the octave stop.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Otto JahnAntony complained that Octavian had given him no share in the provinces wrested from sext.
They parted good friends; and Octavian undertook his campaign against sext.
British Dictionary definitions for sext (1 of 2)
/ (sɛkst) /
mainly RC Church the fourth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office or the prayers prescribed for it: originally the sixth hour of the day (noon)
Origin of sext
1British Dictionary definitions for Sext (2 of 2)
/ (sɛkst) /
RC Church an official compilation of decretals issued by Boniface VIII in 1298 to supplement the five books of the Liber Extra. It forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici: In full: Liber Sextus
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