Sext Definition

sekst
noun
The fourth of the canonical hours, originally assigned to the sixth hour of the day (i.e., to noon, counting from 6 a.m.)
Webster's New World
The time of day set aside for this service, usually the sixth hour, or noon.
American Heritage

A sexual text message.

Wiktionary
Any electronic message with sexual context.
Wiktionary
verb
(intransitive) To send a sext message.
Wiktionary
To send (someone) a (sext message).
Wiktionary
prefix

Combining form for six.

Sextillion.
Sextuplet.
Sextus.
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Other Word Forms of Sext

Noun

Singular:
sext
Plural:
sexts

Origin of Sext

  • Middle English sexte from Late Latin sexta from Latin sexta (hōra) sixth (hour) feminine of sextus sixth s(w)eks in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin sextus (“sixth")

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin sex (“six”)

    From Wiktionary

Sext Sentence Examples

  • See Cicero, De Fato, 6, 7, 9; Aristotle, Metaphysica, 0 3; Sext.

  • The ordinary word for twelve o'clock was middceg, midday, also the equivalent of the canonical hour "sext."

  • Prime (6 A.M.), Terce (9 A.M.), Sext (noon) and None (3 P.M.) are called the Little Day Hours, are often said together, and are alike in character, consisting of a hymn and some sections of Ps.

  • Matins and Lauds (about 7.30 A.M.); Prime, Terce (High Mass), Sext, and None (about 10 A.M.); Vespers and Compline (4 P.M.); and from four to eight hours (depending on the amount of music and the number of high masses) are thus spent in choir.

  • At midday, when the bells clang twelve times, she says Sext.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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