Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having sex; sexual; not being sexless or neuter.
  • Having certain qualities of either sex.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective having a sex; being male or female
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of sex.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having sexual differentiation
  • adjective characterized by sexuality

Etymologies

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sex +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • That was Kim Cattrall, otherwise known as sexed-up Samantha from "Sex and the City" in one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year.

    CNN Transcript May 30, 2008 2008

  • A judicial report this week blaming the British Broadcasting Corporation for its reporting on the so-called sexed-up intelligence dossier.

    CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2004 2004

  • We get toe-curlingly embarrassing "animated" sequences - which I can only describe as a sexed-up version of the twee cartoons that used to accompany prog tracks on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test - supposedly dramatising the passionate swirl of Ginsberg's poetry.

    The Guardian World News Peter Bradshaw 2010

  • He said the reaction from international buyers had been much more positive this time round compared to when he'd first pitched the idea of sexed-up period drama about Henry XIII.

    C21Media.net 2010

  • OK, Hairy is de-sexed, that is, his bearings have been removed, but even if he was well equipped, I can't see a $grand for a hop and frolic.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • We get toe-curlingly embarrassing "animated" sequences - which I can only describe as a sexed-up version of the twee cartoons that used to accompany prog tracks on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test - supposedly dramatising the passionate swirl of Ginsberg's poetry.

    The Guardian World News Peter Bradshaw 2010

  • But the sorting technique, known as sexed semen, is expected to put

    Enterprise Resilience Management Blog 2009

  • But the sorting technique, known as sexed semen, is expected to put 63,000 extra heifers into milk production this year, compared with the number that would be available if only conventional semen had been used, researchers estimate.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • I had an interesting conversation with European political analysts who said in the UK, you saw a similar sort of investigation in Parliament looking into whether or not those folks involved with supporting Tony Blair's involvement in the war kind of sexed up the documents.

    CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2005 2005

  • She agreed that she had described in evidence how she went to bed on the night of the alleged rape at about 7pm and it was after her little sister woke from a bad dream and left to sleep in her mother's bed that her father "sexed" her.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie / TCM 2010

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