sexiness
/ˈsɛksinəs/
sexiness noun: the state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal.
Noun
sexiness (usually uncountable, plural sexinesses)
- The state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal.
- What we now encounter in the male order of civilization is "sexiness," the erotic power of the beautiful woman to lure the powerful man to his own destruction.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 165
Forms of sexiness
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Origin of sexiness
From sexy + -ness.
Questions about sexiness
- What does sexiness mean?
- Sexiness means the state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal.
- What part of speech is sexiness?
- Sexiness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sexiness?
- Sexiness is pronounced /ˈsɛksinəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of sexiness?
- The plural of sexiness is sexinesses.
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