sexingn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛksɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsɛksɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sex n.¹, -ing suffix¹; sex v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Originally < sex n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. In later use < sex v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. Attribution or determination of sex or gender; identification as male or female.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > attribution of sex or gender

sexing1834

1834 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 5 ‘That blind and unconscious matter cannot, by any of her combinations,' [Why her? This sexing is a stock receipt for mystification].

1899 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 192 215 In the difficult matter of sexing rather too large a proportion of large bones have been given to the male and too few to the female group.

1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 140 Sexing is difficult, but, age for age, the male is smaller than the female.

1973 Nature 14 Dec. 423/2 Final proof of an increase in frequency of Y sperm must await sexing of offspring conceived of spermatozoa exposed to the isolation process.

2002 Hesperia 71 184/1 Some of the assumptions concerning the sexing of child graves on the basis of kterismata are questionable.

2. With up. The action or process of making something more sexually exciting or appealing (see sex v. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > [noun] > sexualization

sexualization1834

sexing1954

1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxxi. 330 [Otto] thought that a little sexing-up of the war could do no harm.

1979 C. J. V. Murphy & J. Bryan Windsor Story 341 Certain among them had turned it over to rewrite men for ‘sexing up’.

2005 Sunday Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. 5 The problem was that when the row over the sexing up of the dossier erupted he began to deny what he had done.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sexing
释义	sexingn. Brit. /ˈsɛksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɛksɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sex n.¹, -ing suffix¹; sex v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Originally < sex n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. In later use < sex v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. Attribution or determination of sex or gender; identification as male or female. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > attribution of sex or gender sexing1834 1834 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 5 ‘That blind and unconscious matter cannot, by any of her combinations,' [Why her? This sexing is a stock receipt for mystification]. 1899 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 192 215 In the difficult matter of sexing rather too large a proportion of large bones have been given to the male and too few to the female group. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 140 Sexing is difficult, but, age for age, the male is smaller than the female. 1973 Nature 14 Dec. 423/2 Final proof of an increase in frequency of Y sperm must await sexing of offspring conceived of spermatozoa exposed to the isolation process. 2002 Hesperia 71 184/1 Some of the assumptions concerning the sexing of child graves on the basis of kterismata are questionable. 2. With up. The action or process of making something more sexually exciting or appealing (see sex v. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > [noun] > sexualization sexualization1834 sexing1954 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxxi. 330 [Otto] thought that a little sexing-up of the war could do no harm. 1979 C. J. V. Murphy & J. Bryan Windsor Story 341 Certain among them had turned it over to rewrite men for ‘sexing up’. 2005 Sunday Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. 5 The problem was that when the row over the sexing up of the dossier erupted he began to deny what he had done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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