单词 | sexed |
释义 | sexedadj. 1. In parasynthetic compounds. With preceding adjective: having a sex or sexes of the type or number specified by the prefixed word.For more established compounds, as double-, same-, uni-sexed, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] sexed1605 sexlyc1628 sexual1650 sexuated1878 sexuate1882 gendered1945 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 473 The Criticall and double-sexed Seven..Which Three and Foure containeth iointly both. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddddddd2/2 Tie up my sight, let not soft nature so transformed be (and lose her gentler sex'd humanitie) to make me see my lord bleed. 1826 W. Drummond Origines III. iv. 159 Two-sexed, brilliant, glorious Love. 1851 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 29 July These mad, immodest creatures of to-day..cling to the masculine idea..until..it becomes one with them; but..the two sexed, no-sexed creature which remains, will not perpetuate itself. 1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 241 The fl[ower]s in little axillary cymes..that are either 1-sexed or 2-sexed. 1951 G. K. Yacorzynski Med. Psychol. ii. 50 Allow the animal to choose between two or a number of incentives, such as food and the opposite-sexed mate. 1996 Ability Network Spring (Ability Network Atlantic Suppl.) A-28/3 It was a recommendation of a vet..that educated me about the importance/value of getting opposite-sexed dogs. 2. With preceding adverb: having sexual appetites, feelings, or functions of a specified nature or intensity.For more established compounds, as over-, under-sexed, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1859 O. S. Fowler & L. N. Fowler New Illustr. Self-instructor in Phrenol. & Physiol. 76 [This group of people] are admirably sexed or well-nigh perfect as a male or female; literally idolize, almost worship, the opposite sex. 1872 B. Taylor Beauty & Beast 335 We must be wholly and truly women, not semi-sexed nondescripts; we must employ every charm Nature gives us and Fashion adds. 1895 E. Hubbard Little Journeys to Homes of Good Men & Great vi. 156 No one so poorly sexed as Swift can comprehend spiritual truth: spirituality and sexuality are elements that are never separated. 1912 W. A. McKeever Farm Boys & Girls xii. 193 One of the most tragic experiences known to..the American people is this gradual starvation of the maternal instinct..in the case of the well-sexed young woman. 1921 Outward Bound Mar. 13/2 Had Elizabeth been as strongly sexed as she. 1974 M. Taylor tr. C. Metz Film Lang. i. 9 Each one is disguised by a whole rigorously sexed body. 1998 Interzone May 54/3 Forster was a highly-sexed, middle-class pathic whose repressions deepened with time. 3. Identified as to sex; separated into male and female. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > wild or domestic birds > [adjective] > divided into sexes sexed1874 1874 Stray Feathers 2 19 I venture to predict that whenever the habitat of this species is discovered, and a sufficiency of properly sexed specimens are obtained, the adult females will prove to have black upper mandibles, while those of the males are red. 1907 Biometrika 5 436 In investigating the inheritance of the sex-ratio only litters of at least four sexed individuals were included. 1935 C. S. Gibbs Guide to Sexing Chicks ii. 20 It is well to have an assistant bring the unsexed chicks and take away the sexed pullets and cockerels. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 148/3 (advt.) Day old sexed pullets. 1988 Amer. Antiq. 53 567 A graded series of aged and sexed skulls from the preagricultural, Late Woodland Libben site. 2003 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 270 Suppl.: Biol. Lett. S217/2 The number of sons was used as the dependent variable with the number of sexed offspring in the clutch as the binomial denominator. 4. Biology. Of an organism, esp. an insect: characterized by division into sexes, or the possession of distinct sexual organs; not neuter or asexual; = sexual adj. 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > [adjective] femalea1398 sexiferous1819 sexual1830 sexed1877 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [adjective] > sexual > reproducing sexually sexual1830 sexed1877 1877 A. Murray Econ. Entomol.: Aptera 283 Glyciphaga plumiger (Fum. & Rob.)... Nymphs octopod, but not sexed. 1893 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 20 297 As the leaves fell the sexed forms congregated upon the twigs where the oviparous females deposited their eggs. 1912 W. C. O'Kane Injurious Insects xxiii. 226 These fly to new hosts, where, after a succeeding sexed generation, eggs are laid in crevices of the bark. 1984 Biometrics 40 865/1 Sexed or asexual populations can be stabilised in two ways. 5. Chiefly colloquial. sexed-up. a. Having or expressing strong sexual feelings or awareness; sexually aroused; lustful. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > full of sexual desire fire-hotOE hot?a1300 venereal?a1475 warm1897 hot pants1927 sexed-up1933 supersexual1961 1933 T. Smith Rain in Doorway xvi. 217 ‘Think I'm a pretty hard girl, don't you?’ she advanced. ‘All sexed up and everything—an easy make?’ 1969 J. Gardner Compl. State of Death vi. 97 What do you do when you get sexed up? Mortify the flesh? 1976 Nature 15 July 177/3 Erickson and Zenone tested the reaction of 35 males to two groups of females... The males..showed more aggression and less courtship towards the ‘sexed up’ females. 1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 403 Reluctantly she comes to bed; she wants to because she's all sexed up, but she doesn't want to because it's the first time we've met. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Aug. (Etc. section) 18/1 (heading) Sleaze, sexed-up slackers and small-minded rednecks—Brisbane gives writers plenty to disapprove of. b. Of a book, film, etc.: made (more) sexually exciting or appealing; injected with sexual content. Also more generally: made (superficially) more interesting, exciting, or appealing; embellished. Cf. sex v. 3. ΚΠ 1955 Law & Contemp. Probl. 20 686 The time-tested formula for the ‘sexed-up’ cover of a paperback book is a near-naked girl with a revolver. 1976 Times 2 June 12/7 The Seven Ages of Man sexed up for a pub audience. 1997 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 13 July (Travel section) 5 k Though famous, there's nothing sexed-up or flashy about the [restaurant]. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 22 Sept. 99/1 A Euro-pudding drenched in pretension, this sexed-up suspense flick relies on the creakiest trick in the pomo book. 2007 Spectator (Nexis) 27 Oct. 24 The notorious ‘sexed-up’ intelligence reports that led to the invasion of Iraq. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1605 |
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