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sext

/sɛkst/

sext noun: noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.

Noun (1)

sext (plural sexts)

  1. (historical) Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
    Synonyms:
    midday, noontide, 12 o'clock, 12 noon, 12 p.m., high noon, meridian, meridiem, nones, noon
  2. The service appointed for this hour.
  3. A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
  4. (obsolete) An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.

Noun (2)

sext (plural sexts)

  1. An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
    • Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message2001 November 22, Baltimore Sun, page 37

Verb

sext (third-person singular simple present sexts, present participle sexting, simple past and past participle sexted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To send a sext.
    • Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham2007 October 19, Cameron Millar, "Text Mad Brits Top League for Saucy Messages" in the Daily Star, p. 21 (caption)
    • […] 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.2009 March 1, Wendyl Nissen, “Sexts Suk... Go 4 a Real D8”, in New Zealand Herald, page 35
    Synonyms:
    sex-text

sext meaning in Tamil

sext in Tamil

ஆறாம் மணி வழிபாட்டுமுறை

Examples of sext in a sentence

  • The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.2010 October 16, Victoria Gehman, “Sex Suspended, Celibacy Supreme”, in Albany Student Press:
  • We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day.2013, Olukemi Lawani, First Steps to Flight, page 3:

Synonyms of sext

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Forms of sext

Noun
pluralsexts
Verb
third-person singular presentsexts
present participlesexting
past participlesexted
pastsexted

Origin of sext

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

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

Words formed from sext

Words that rhyme with sext

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Questions about sext

What does sext mean?
Sext means noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
What is sext in Tamil?
Sext in Tamil is ஆறாம் மணி வழிபாட்டுமுறை. See Sext meaning in Tamil.
How do you use sext in a sentence?
The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.
What part of speech is sext?
Sext can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce sext?
Sext is pronounced /sɛkst/.
What is the plural of sext?
The plural of sext is sexts.

Words near sext in the dictionary

  1. Sexsons
  2. sexspionage
  3. sexsurfer
  4. sexsurfers
  5. sexsurfing
  6. sext
  7. sextacular
  8. sextagenarian
  9. sextagenarians
  10. sextain
  11. sextains

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sext (page history and authors); sext (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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