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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Ecclesiastical The fourth of the seven canonical hours.
  2. n. Ecclesiastical The time of day set aside for this service, usually the sixth hour, or noon.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In the Roman Catholic and Greek churches, in religious houses, and as a devotional office in the Anglican Church, the office of the sixth hour, originally and properly said at midday. See canonical hours, under canonical.
  2. n. In music:
  3. n. The interval of a sixth.
  4. n. In organ-building, a mixture-stop of two ranks separated by a sixth—that is, consisting of a twelfth and a seventeenth.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The fourth of the canonical hours; usually held at noon.
  2. n. A sexual text message.
  3. n. Any electronic message with sexual context.
  4. v. intransitive To send a sext message.
  5. v. transitive To send (someone) a (sext message).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
  2. n. The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon

Etymologies

  1. Blend of sex and text ("to send a text message"); partly back-formation from sexting, which is more common. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English sexte, from Late Latin sexta, from Latin sexta (hōra), sixth (hour), feminine of sextus, sixth; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ramsler It’s a bit of a head-scratcher for adults, like me and my Facebook friends, who aren’t inclined to sext with one another. We’re more used to uploading photos of pets, food, babies and concerts, which aren’t nearly as provocative. - Brian X. Chen, NYTimes Reporter, 12/24/2012 re: Facebook's new "Poke" app.
    Dec 25, 2012

  • José Lisandro Sánchez Salas 'Sext' and 'sexting' have been suggested to be included in WordReference's English Dictionary:

    http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1789431 Jun 17, 2011

  • ruzuzu "1. Ecclesiastical The fourth of the seven canonical hours.
    2. Ecclesiastical The time of day set aside for this service, usually the sixth hour, or noon."

    - American Heritage Dictionary
    Jul 15, 2010

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