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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

sex- comb. form of L. sex SIX, as in techn. terms, e.g. (zool.) sexdigital, (chem.) sexvalent. sexagenarian XVIII. sexagenary pert. to 60 XVI; aged 60 XVII. Sexagesima XVI (earlier †-ime XIV) second Sunday before Lent (cf. SEPTUAGESIMA). sexagesimal (-AL1) (math.) pert. to or based on 60 XVII. sexcentenary of 600 XVIII; of a period of 600 years XIX. sexennial see BIENNIAL. sext (eccl.) the third of the day hours of the Church, so called because orig. allocated to the sixth hour of the day (midday). XV. — L. sexta, sb. use of fem. of sextus SIXTH.

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sex-. In composition, six. Sexfid is six-cleft; sexfoil is a window, opening, or panel with six lobes or leaves; and sexpartite is parted in six, a term usually applied to vaulting. See also vault.

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