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sexy

adjectiveadjectivecommon in dialogue

  • United States//ˈsɛksi//
  • Australia//ˈseksi//
  • Scotland//ˈsɛkse//

Having sex appeal; attractive.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having sex appeal; attractive.

    The participants in the swimsuit competition are all very sexy.

    She has a sexy voice!

    Stupid sexy Flanders!

    If you want my body and you think I'm sexy / Come on sugar let me know

  2. 2

    Intriguing, appealing, likely to excite interest.

    The manufacturers have launched a sexy new car.

    We have some sexy ideas on how to improve sales.

    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.

  3. 3

    rareSexual; relating to or involving sex.

    He didn't really like me; all he wanted was for me to be sexy with him.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexusder. Old French sexeder. Middle English sexe English sex Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sexy From sex + -y.

adjective

  1. 1

    Used to describe prime numbers that differ from each other by six.

    (73,79) is a sexy prime pair.

Etymology

From Latin sex (“six”) + -y, intended as a pun.

Forms

comparative
sexier
superlative
sexiest
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).