Section 7

Citation: Section 7
Parent Document: Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2020-06-15
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4760997/bostock-v-clayton-county/ ↗

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1589 PUTTENHAM Eng. Poesie III. xix. (Arb.) 235 As he that had tolde a long tale before
certaine noble women, of a matter somewhat in honour touching the Sex. 1608 D. T[UVILL]
Ess. Pol. & Mor. 101 b, Not yet weighing with himselfe, the weaknesse and imbecillitie of the
sex. 1631 MASSINGER Emperor East I. ii, I am called The Squire of Dames, or Servant of the
Sex. 1697 VANBRUGH Prov. Wife II. ii, He has a strange penchant to grow fond of me, in spite
of his aversion to the sex. 1760-2 GOLDSM. Cit. W. xcix, The men of Asia behave with more
deference to the sex than you seem to imagine. 1792 A. YOUNG Trav. France I. 220 The sex of
Venice are undoubtedly of a distinguished beauty. 1823 BYRON Juan XIII. lxxix, We give the
sex the pas. 1863 R. F. BURTON W. Africa I. 22 Going ‘up stairs’, as the sex says, at 5 a.m. on
the day after arrival, I cast the first glance at Funchal.
  f. Without the, in predicative quasi-adj. use=feminine.
rare.
     a 1700 DRYDEN Cymon & Iph. 368 She hugg’d th’ Offender, and forgave th’ Offence, Sex
to the last!
  2. Quality in respect of being male or female.
a. With regard to persons or animals.
     1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de. W. 1531) 282 b, Ye bee, whiche neuer gendreth with ony make of
his kynde, nor yet hath ony distinct sex. 1577 T. KENDALL Flowers of Epigr. 71 b, If by corps
supposd may be her seex, then sure a virgin she. 1616 T. SCOTT Philomythie I. (ed. 2) A 3
Euen as Hares change shape and sex, some say Once euery yeare. 1658 SIR T. BROWNE Hy-
driot. iii. 18 A critical view of bones makes a good distinction of sexes. a 1665 DIGBY Chym.
Secrets (1682) II. 225 Persons of all Ages and Sexes. 1667 MILTON P. L. I. 424 For Spirits
when they please can either Sex assume, or both. 1710-11 SWIFT Jrnl. to Stella 7 Mar., I find
I was mistaken in the sex, ‘tis a boy. 1757 SMOLLETT Reprisal IV. v, As for me, my sex protects
me. 1825 SCOTT Betrothed xiii, I am but a poor and neglected woman, feeble both from sex
and age. 1841 ELPHINSTONE Hist. India I. 349 When persons of different sexes walk together,
the woman always follows the man. 1882 TENSION-WOODS Fish N. S. Wales 116 Oysters are
of distinct sexes.
     b. with regard to plants (see FEMALE a. 2, MALE a. 2).
     1567 MAPLET Gr. Forest 28 Some seeme to haue both sexes and kindes: as the Oke, the
Lawrell and such others. 1631 WIDDOWES Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) 49 There be sexes of hearbes ..
namely, the Male or Female. 1720 P. BLAIR Bot. Ess. iv. 237 These being very evident Proofs
of a necessity of two Sexes in Plants as well as in Animals. 1790 SMELLIE Philos. Nat. Hist. I.
245 There is not a notion more generally adopted, that that vegetables have the distinction of
sexes. 1848 LINDLEY Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) II. 80 Change of Sex under the influence of external
causes.
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