Usage forwomen influenced byMiddle Frenchle sexe(“women”) (attested in 1580). Usage forthird and additional sexes calqued fromFrenchtroisième sexe, referring to masculine women in 1817 and homosexuals in 1847. First used byLord Byron and others in English in reference to Catholic clergy. Usage forsexual intercourse first attested in 1899 (in the writings ofH. G. Wells).[1]
Still there are some loop-holes out of which a man may creep, and dare to think and act for himself; but for a woman it is an herculean task, because she has difficulties peculiar to hersex to overcome, which require almost super-human powers.
1817,The works of Claudian, tr. into Engl. verse by A. Hawkins, page43:
"But now anothersex, in arms, is brought, / And, realms to guard, are eunuchs able thought!"
I was not, however, better than my neighbors; theSex had its charms for me as it had for others; But there always remained a sting, that time only wore away.
Even the reptile temperament of Noel Vanstone warmed under the influence of thesex: he had an undeniably appreciative eye for a handsome woman, and Magdalen's grace and beauty were not thrown away on him.
It wouldn't work with you...Sex, I mean. You're... easy to be with. You're... you're not dangerous. You're my best friend, John. I couldn't have it on with my best friend, John. It would be embarrassing. Sorry. Honest.
If wesex the cattle, which is the only way to get at their value, we shall have... 400 cows, 200 yearling heifers.
1996 December 1, W. Wickler, K. Lunau, “How Do East African Bush ShrikesLaniarius funebris Recognize Male and Female Tutors During Gender Dialect Development?”, inNaturwissenschaften, volume83,→DOI, pages579b–c:
If, in fact, inL. funebris there is no sex marker on the song elements themselves, then a young bird must be able tosex its tutor. The same is true if the individuals were predisposed to produce the total vocabulary of any population, or of both sexes in their own population, and then under experience had to suppress a sex-specific subset of that repertoire [7]. It seems unrealistic to assume the reverse, that a parent bird cansex by some hidden cues newly hatched sexually monomorphic offspring and direct its own vocabulary to consexual young only.
The ability tosex birds invasively through laparoscopy initially solved that problem, but now it is even easier and less stressful on the birds through testing the DNA of their feathers or blood.
2013, David J Patterson, Michael T. Smith,Beef Heifer Development, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice,, Elsevier Health Sciences,→ISBN:
Semen usually issexed at 90% accuracy, and the sexes of calves at birth almost always are in that statistical range if averaged over[…]
As good as Muddah had handled me in bed,sexing her hadn't done a damn thing to take my mind off my cousin Smoove.
2007, Mickey Hess,Icons of hip hop : an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture. 2, Greenwood Publishing Group,→ISBN, page427:
He shows some glimpses, but most of the released singles are about flossing, partying, andsexing women.
2009, HoneyB,Single Husbands, Grand Central Publishing,→ISBN:
Sex with Ivory had gotten better thansexing his wife. Herschel laughed with Ivory, cried with Ivory. They dreamt aloud together. Unlike Nikki, Ivory believed in him. Every man needed a woman who believed in him.
2012, Janice Jones,His Woman, His Wife, His Widow, Urban Books,→ISBN:
"Do you ever think about how you're betraying your client while you'resexing his wife?"
2014, Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sara B. Oswalt,Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality, Jones & Bartlett Publishers,→ISBN, page731:
Wosick-Correa, K. R., 81 Joseph, L. J.Sexy ladiessexing ladies: Women as consumers in strip clubs. Journal of Sex Research, 45, 3 (July 2008), 201-216.
His body shook uncontrollably as he imagined another mansexing his wife.
2015, Pimpin' Ken,The Art of Human Chess: A Study Guide to Winning,→ISBN, page117:
The last thing a jealous husband wants to think about is another mansexing his wife when he's dead and gone.
2016, Nisa Santiago,Killer Dolls - Part 3, Melodrama Publishing,→ISBN:
Sexing his wife anally would remind him of having sex with Baron.
2019, Michael Jean Nystrom-Schut,Foundations of Philosophy: The Basics of the Balance (Volume Iil), AuthorHouse,→ISBN:
The neighbor guy, I just came to understand, issexing the lady across the street from him. He's got a girlfriend. She is married. While I don't think that is particularly cool, I also don't think it is any of my business either.
↑1.01.1Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989)Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies,→ISBN, page808(Available atMálið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Ibi praesidium ponit et in altera parte fluminis Q.Titurium Sabinum legatum cumsex cohortibus relinquit;
Over that river was a bridge: there he places a guard; and on the other side of the river he leaves Quintus Titurius Sabinus, his legate, withsix cohorts.
“sex”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025
