sexo

sex·o
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UK/ˈsɛks.əʊ̯/UK/ˈseks.əʊ̯/Canada, US/ˈsɛks.oʊ̯/Australia, New Zealand/ˈseks.ɐʉ̯/

noun

A sexual offender.

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Very commonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounsexo (uncountable)

alternative sexoh

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandslanguncountableA sexual offender.

    ‘Maybe it's only me,’ said Prudence. ‘Maybe he's only laying for me. Maybe he's a sex-oh.’

    1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 145
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    [Y]ou don’t want to be a sexo or kid fucker in parrie Max, unless you’re cunning as a shithouse rat.

    1998 September 5, The Guardian
  2. slanguncountableSynonym of sex (“sexual intercourse”).

    Synonyms: sex

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of sex (“sexual intercourse”).

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  3. Proto-Italic*seksus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  6. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  7. Latinsecō
  8. Latinsecāre?
  9. Latinsexus
  10. Old Frenchsexe
  11. Middle Englishsexe
  12. Englishsex
  13. Latinō
  14. Old Frenchoh
  15. Middle Englisho
  16. EnglishO
  17. Middle Englisho
  18. Englishoh
  19. Englishsexo

From sex + -o.

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APA

sexo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexo

MLA

“sexo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexo.

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