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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : seks |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɛks |
Definition of sex
Origin :- late 14c., "males or females collectively," from Latin sexus "a sex, state of being either male or female, gender," of uncertain origin. "Commonly taken with seco as division or 'half' of the race" [Tucker], which would connect it to secare "to divide or cut" (see section (n.)). Meaning "quality of being male or female" first recorded 1520s. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence); meaning "genitalia" is attested from 1938. Sex appeal attested by 1904.
- For the raw sex appeal of the burlesque "shows" there is no defense, either. These "shows" should be under official supervision, at the least, and boys beneath the age of eighteen forbidden, perhaps, to attend their performance, just as we forbid the sale of liquors to minors. [Walter Prichard Eaton, "At the New Theatre and Others: The American Stage, Its Problems and Performances," Boston, 1910]
- Sex drive is from 1918; sex object is 1901; sex symbol is 1871 in anthropology; the first person to whom the term was applied seems to have been Marilyn Monroe (1959). Sex therapist is from 1974.
- noun male or female gender
- noun intercourse between animate beings
- They wanted me to be shackled: for early did they doubt my morals, as to the sex.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The principle of these two young ladies is proposed as an exemplar to her sex.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Gives her opinion of the force which figure or person may be allowed to have upon her sex.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- You see what you draw upon yourself by excelling all your sex.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Their common decency in attitude toward the other sex was the unique bond of union.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Beauty must be the first law of life to the sex that has not the privilege of choosing.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- It's your lover you're riding for at this time of the night, or I'm no judge of the sex.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- We owe it to the sex, Renny, to give 'em a chance at reforming us.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Silence is the ornament of your sex; and in silence, if there be not wisdom, there is safety.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I have studied the sex in a very celebrated and costly school.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
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