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Sexappeal
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sexappeal sex-appeal sex appeal
German
Alternative forms
de Sex-Appeal alternative standard Sex Appeal now nonstandard
Etymology
Earlier 20th century, de en sex appeal 1.
Pronunciation
de /ˈsɛks.ɛˌpiːl/ [ˈsɛks.ʔɛˌpiːl] [-ʔe-] [ˈsɛk.seˌpiːl] [-sə-] chiefly dated /ˈzɛks-/
de De-Sexappeal.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.sg
sex appeal
de 1938 2004 Oliver Simons Deutsche Autobiographien 1690-1930 Von Menschen und Büchern – Erinnerungen 1863-1933 Georg Witkowski 74905 Sie galt für schön, hatte jedoch nur einen überaus starken Sex Appeal, durch den sie außer meinem Bruder noch viele Männer an sich gefesselt hat, verbunden mit irischer Beweglichkeit des Geistes und zähem Egoismus. She was considered beautiful, but actually had only an extremely strong sex appeal, by which she chained to herself many other men besides my brother and which was accompanied by Irish agility of mind and tenacious selfishness.
Declension
m.sg
Further reading
Sex_Appeal