Sex

seks, n. the distinction between male and female: the characteristics by which an animal or plant is male or female, gender: the female sex, women generally, usually with the definite article.— adj. Sex′le , having no sex.— n. Sex′le ne .— adj. Sex′ūal , pertaining to sex: distinguished or founded on the sex: relating to the distinct organs of the sexes.— v.t. Sex′ūalise , to distinguish as sexed.— ns. Sex′ūalist , one who cla ifies plants according to the differences of the sexes; Sexūal′ity , state or quality of being sexual.— adv. Sex′ūally .— Sexual affinity , the instinctive attraction of one sex for another; Sexual organs , the organs of generation; Sexual selection , that province of natural selection in which sex comes into play. [Fr. sexe —L. sex us — secāre , to cut.]