sexy
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
exciting, interesting, or fashionable.
metaphorically applied to objects, projects, or ideas that are trendy, intriguing, or likely to generate significant public interest.
Simple“The company is looking for a sexy new design for their smartphone.”
In context“The marketing team struggled to make the data-storage software sound sexy to potential investors during the pitch.”
- 02 C2 Proficiency
describes two prime numbers that have a difference of six.
referring to a pair or group of prime numbers that differ from each other by six.
Simple“The numbers 5 and 11 are an example of a sexy prime pair.”
In context“In number theory, sexy primes are pairs of prime numbers such as 13 and 19 that maintain a constant difference of six.”
UsageUsed as a pun on the Latin word 'sex' for six.
“She’s sexy, she’s fun, she’s 60.’ I need to meet someone now .”
From sex + -y.
From Latin sex (“six”) + -y, intended as a pun.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.