Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest.
  • adjective Slang Highly appealing or interesting; attractive.

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  • adjective of a person Having sexual appeal; suggestive of sex.
  • adjective of a thing or concept interesting, attractive or appealing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
  • adjective exciting sexual desire

Etymologies

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From sex +‎ -y.

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  • Very irritating when used to refer to something that is currently popular or cutting edge. Especially irritating consider the academic and/or clinical setting in which I started overhearing it -- how they absorbed it or from where, dunno.

    June 29, 2008

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    January 15, 2009