Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sex kitten

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: sex kit-ten
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.

Example Sentences

"Even the Muppets — as mainstream and heterosexual as some of them may be — are favorites among many gay men; Miss Piggy, that porcine sex-kitten, adorns many a wall in gay bars."

Etymology

Coined circa 1958 to describe French starlet Brigitte Bardot, who appeared in the 1957 film And God Created Woman.

Inflected Forms

sex kittens (plural)

Synonyms

sexpot sex bomb

Questions

What does sex kitten mean?: A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.
Where does sex kitten come from?: Coined circa 1958 to describe French starlet Brigitte Bardot, who appeared in the 1957 film And God Created Woman.

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