sexuateadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɛkʃʊət/,

/ˈsɛksjʊət/, U.S.

/ˈsɛkʃ(ə)wət/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sexus , -ate suffix².

Etymology: < classical Latin sexus (u -stem: see sex n.¹) + -ate suffix². Compare French sexué (1873). Compare slightly earlier sexuated adj. and sexed adj. 4, and earlier sexual adj. 2b.

Biology (chiefly Entomology).

Characterized by the existence of separate sexes, or by the capacity for sexual reproduction; = sexed adj. 4. Cf. sexual adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective]

sexed1605

sexlyc1628

sexual1650

sexuated1878

sexuate1882

gendered1945

1882 Entomol. Mag. Mar. 225 This last genus is sexuate; it has males and females which copulate.

1955 C. M. Stern tr. A. P. Suñer Classics of Biol. vii. 98 Among the same higher plants, the phanerogams, we can distinguish an asexual generation followed by a sexuate one in uninterrupted and continuous alternation one after the other.

1993 Jrnl. Appl. Entomol. 116 101 No sexuate forms [of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi] and no overwintering root-living specimens were recorded.

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

单词	sexuate
释义	sexuateadj. Brit. /ˈsɛkʃʊət/, /ˈsɛksjʊət/, U.S. /ˈsɛkʃ(ə)wət/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sexus , -ate suffix². Etymology: < classical Latin sexus (u -stem: see sex n.¹) + -ate suffix². Compare French sexué (1873). Compare slightly earlier sexuated adj. and sexed adj. 4, and earlier sexual adj. 2b. Biology (chiefly Entomology). Characterized by the existence of separate sexes, or by the capacity for sexual reproduction; = sexed adj. 4. Cf. sexual adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] sexed1605 sexlyc1628 sexual1650 sexuated1878 sexuate1882 gendered1945 1882 Entomol. Mag. Mar. 225 This last genus is sexuate; it has males and females which copulate. 1955 C. M. Stern tr. A. P. Suñer Classics of Biol. vii. 98 Among the same higher plants, the phanerogams, we can distinguish an asexual generation followed by a sexuate one in uninterrupted and continuous alternation one after the other. 1993 Jrnl. Appl. Entomol. 116 101 No sexuate forms [of the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi] and no overwintering root-living specimens were recorded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1882
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