This week’s theme
Words that sound dirty, but aren’t

This week’s words
invaginate
fucate
sexpartite

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(seks-PAR-tyt)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Divided into six parts.
2. Having six participants.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin sex (six) + partite (parted), from partire (to divide). Earliest documented use: 1654.

NOTES:

The word is often used in architecture. A sexpartite vault is divided into six sections by three transverse ribs and two groin ribs. Yes, groin is the official term.

USAGE:

“Second place went to Gordon Runte of New York for his ‘Abs Begone, Abs Begone,’ about an infomercial hawking pills guaranteed to give the user a midsection with “rows sexpartite and distinct one from the other.”
Goldilocks Parody Just Right for Faux Faulkner; Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia); Jul 22, 2003.

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