Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman considered to be sexually alluring.

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  • noun informal a sexy person.

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  • noun a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal

Etymologies

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sex +‎ pot

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Examples

  • The horny blonde sexpot is pretty adolescent and cliche but the way they use it is somewhat interesting.

    Spoiler-Laden BG Impressions 2005

  • Convicted and fined for making anti-Muslim statements in earlier writings, the former sexpot is unrepentant and still finds many fans.

    Daimnation!: The strange case of Brigitte Bardot 2003

  • Alice was universally described as a 'sexpot' or a 'sexy redhead.'

    Paul LaRosa: Before Casey Anthony, There Was Alice Crimmins... Paul LaRosa 2011

  • Alice was universally described as a 'sexpot' or a 'sexy redhead.'

    Paul LaRosa: Before Casey Anthony, There Was Alice Crimmins... Paul LaRosa 2011

  • Harron and Turner's version of a sexpot is the opposite of Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), the sexpot in Basic Instinct (1992) and its recent sequel.

    Chicago Reader 2009

  • The results were nearly unanimous: 90% expressed a desire for a wider selection of dolls that were positive role models for young girls, while 85% said they are fed up with the "sexpot" playthings available.

    Bruce Kluger: Christmas Tarts 2008

  • With a somewhat Cabbage-Patch-doll look to her face, which she shares with that other inexplicable media "sexpot," Ashlee Simpson.

    Will the Persecution Never End? (A Continuing Series) Bill Crider 2006

  • But what fans may end up talking about most is the smackdown between the proud Margaret Schroeder and Nucky's perpetually whiny sexpot Lucy.

    Matt's Weekend Picks: November 5-7 2010

  • When introduced to sexpot Felicity Willing, the reader is told that Bond is "amused by her name."

    You Only Live About 23 Times Michael C. Moynihan 2011

  • And while we wait for Hilarie Burton to return to White Collar as Neil's squeeze — she's not in next week's episode, either (although True Blood's Joe Mangianello is a swell consolation prize) — she was clearly having a ball on Castle sending up the stereotype of a dithery sexpot of a reality diva (part Kim Kardashian, part Paris Hilton) implicated in the murder of a dog-show official.

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2012

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