Etymology

sext

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Today it means: Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight. Full definition →

Latin sexta
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sext · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromsexta“sixth; sixth hour”
  2. English todaysext

From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.

sext · noun, verb2

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

Words from the same roots

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sesma

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