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sexed(dictionary)
gazette(dictionary)
gazette(2)(dictionary)
gazette(1)(dictionary)
The Financial Gazette(finance)
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Montreal Gazette(finance)
La Gazette du Maroc(finance)
Official Gazette(law)

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gazette(1) (iou)



gazette noun. Also Gazette. E17.
[French, or its source Italian gazzetta, orig. Venetian Italian gazeta de la novita i.e. a 'halfpennyworth of news', so called because sold for a gazeta, a Venetian coin of small value: see -ETTE.]
Orig., a news-sheet; a periodical publication giving an account of Current Events. Now, a newspaper, esp. (the title of) the official newspaper of an organization or institution. E17.
R. Kipling Far-off Calcutta papers, such as the Indigo Planters' Gazette
spec. (The title of) an official journal in Britain containing lists of government appointments, bankruptcies, and Other public notices; an official journal of any government. M17.
be in the gazette have one's bankruptcy published. The Belfast Gazette, The Edinburgh Gazette, The London Gazette, etc.

sexed (iou)



sexed adjective. L16.
[from SEX noun + -ED2.]
Pertaining to or possessing a specified sex or sexes. L16.
Of an animal or plant: having a sex, not neuter or asexual. L19.
Having sexual desires or needs of a specified Nature or intensity. L19.
HYPERSEXED, OVERSEXED, UNDERSEXED.
Times Literary Supplement He..marries..a highly sexed waitress.