sexy
adjEtymology From Latin sex (“six”) + -y, intended as a pun.
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Mathematics, Sciences Used to describe prime numbers that differ from each other by six.
- (73,79) is a sexy prime pair.
- Derived terms
- sexy prime
sexy
adjUS, UK /ˈsɛksi/ · AU, NZ /ˈseksi/
Etymology From sex + -y.
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Having sex appeal; attractive.
- The participants in the swimsuit competition are all very sexy.
- She has a sexy voice!
3 more examples
- Stupid sexy Flanders!
- If you want my body and you think I'm sexy / Come on sugar let me know1978, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, in Blondes Have More Fun, performed by Rod Stewart:
- So we decided, in the sexiest and most entertaining way possible, to create a “fluid-bound contract.”2015, Elisabeth Sheff, Tikva Wolf, Stories From the Polycule: Real Life in Polyamorous Families:
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Of a thing or concept Intriguing, appealing, likely to excite interest.
- The manufacturers have launched a sexy new car.
- We have some sexy ideas on how to improve sales.
4 more examples
- Being an undertaker is not a sexy career.
- Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs, page 67:
- "The management of the quay walls and bridges has lagged behind in recent decades because it was not given the political priority it deserves and it is not a sexy topic," says Dijksma.2020, Katja Brokke, “Amsterdam has been collapsing for years. Now it's paying the price”, in CNN Travel:
- Seeing A-listers in the aisles makes Frieze seem sexier than most fairs, placing added pressure on galleries to live up to the sponsorship provided by high-end fashion brands and luxury goods.2023 October 7, Gregor Muir, “Frieze turns 20”, in FT Weekend (Collecting section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
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Rare Sexual; relating to or involving sex.
- He didn't really like me; all he wanted was for me to be sexy with him.
- Synonyms
46 terms
alluring, dishy, foxy, horny, raunchy, sensual, tasty, dreamy, cute, handsome, dashing, gorgeous, hot, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable, bedworthy, bonable, bonerific, buff, delicious, desirable, doable, effable, fanciable, fappable, fapworthy, fine, fit, fuckable, hittable, humpable, peng, provocative, rootable, salacious, screwable, seductive, sexable, sexalicious, sexy, shaggable, swoonsome, toothsome- Antonyms
- unsexy, nonsexy, prosaic, repellent, unalluring, unattractive
- Derived terms
- adorasexy, asexy, bisexy, cybersexy, intersexy, pansexy, semisexy, sexily, sexiness, sexy baby voice, sexyman, sexy prime, sexy shrimp, sexy son hypothesis, sexy times, sexy up, shmexy, smexy, supersexy, transexy, Tumblr sexyman
- Related terms
- heroin chic, OMFG, sexually aroused, pleasure
- Hyponyms
- High degree, blazing, smoking, smoking hot, Usually or always for masculine referent:, dishy, hunksome, hunky, studly, Usually or always for feminine referent:, babealicious, foxy, juicy, luscious, lush, milfy, nubile, voluptuous