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語源 1

From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”).

名詞

sext (複数形 sexts)

1. (historical) Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.

   Synonyms: midday, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday

2. (Roman Catholicism) The service appointed for this hour.
3. (music) A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
4. (music, obsolete) An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.

上位語

• (both): hour, canonical hour
• (service): liturgy of the hours, little hour

語源 2

Blend of sex +‎ text. As a verb, a back-formation from earlier sexting, formed from the noun.

名詞

sext (複数形 sexts)

1. An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
   • 2001 November 22, Baltimore Sun, page 37:

     Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message

動詞

sext (三人称単数 現在形 sexts, 現在分詞 sexting, 過去形および過去分詞形 sexted)

1. (intransitive and transitive) To send a sext.
   • 2007 October 19, Cameron Millar, "Text Mad Brits Top League for Saucy Messages" in the Daily Star, p. 21 (caption):

     Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham

   • 2009 March 1, Wendyl Nissen, “Sexts Suk... Go 4 a Real D8”, in New Zealand Herald, page 35:

     […] trying to get into the swing of things by texting my husband (I was a little tipsy, I will admit): "How do you sext someone?" hoping to engage in the latest trend. All I got was, "What!" in reply.

   • 2010 October 16, Victoria Gehman, “Sex Suspended, Celibacy Supreme”, in Albany Student Press:

     The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.

   • 2013, Olukemi Lawani, First Steps to Flight, page 3:

     We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day.

   • 2022, “Billions”, performed by Caroline Polachek:

     Sexting sonnets / Under the tables

同意語

• sex-text

派生語

• sexter
• sextual
• sextually

参照

• "sext, n.¹", "n.²", "v.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

語源

From Latin sex (“six”)

接頭辞

sext-

1. six

   sextillion

   sextuplet

   sextus

2. sixth

   sextate

関連する語

• hex- (Greek)