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sexi-
- variant of sex-:
sexivalent.
Example Sentences
In the hills outside the small village of Sexi, Peru, a fossil forest holds secrets about South America's past millions of years ago.
No fossils of mammals, birds or reptiles from the same time period have been found at the Sexi site, but the ancient forest certainly would have supported a diversity of wildlife.
Browsing the episode titles, there's "Sexi Moose Adventure," "Feast of Not People Adventure," "Avocado Barter Adventure," and "Romantic Meat-Based Adventure."
She promises a "Sexi Soprano Webinar" about "blocking the haters, building up your self-confidence and pushing out the negativity in a world ... where you're constantly being judged, broken down, told from all different directions what you should be, how you should act, what you should wear, how you should sound."
In a choking fog of Elnett, stylists with names such as Fingaz, Sexi Lexi and J-Rok who speak in chatroom acronyms use glue and wire to make hair-dos that look like wedding cakes, as if perhaps there may be some cosmic reward once they die for multiplying frivolity to such staggering levels.
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Words That Use Sexi-
What does sexi- mean?
Sexi- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “six.” It appears occasionally in technical terms, especially in mathematics.
Sexi- comes from Latin sex, meaning “six.” Yes, “six.” Discover why at our entry for six. Another combining form meaning “six” is hexa-, which comes from Greek héx. Learn more at our Words That Use entry for hexa-.
What are variants of sexi-?
When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, sexi- becomes sex-, as in sexangular.
Examples of sexi-
One example of a technical term that features the combining form sexi- is sexivalent, also known as hexavalent, meaning “having a valence of six.”
The first part of the word, sexi-, means “six.” So, what about the -valent portion of the word? It means “having a valence,” a term from chemistry. Sexivalent literally translates to “having a valence of sex.”
What are some words that use the combining form sexi-?
- sexifid
- sexiped
- sexipolar
- sexisyllabic
- sexisyllable
What are some other forms that sexi- may be commonly confused with?
In some terms, such as sexism, sex- derives from Latin sexus and is used to mean “gender” or “sex.” Find out more at our entry for sex. An adjective formed from sex, sexy, is not to be confused with the combining form sexi-.
Break it down!
The word circumnavigation can be described as sexisyllabic. With the meaning of sexi- in mind, what does sexisyllabic mean?
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