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#123497 - 02/20/04 03:18 PM ecdysis
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Date: Sun Jan 7 00:25:22 EST 1996 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ecdysis ec.dy.sis \'ek-d-ss\ \-d*-.se-z\ n or ec.dy.ses [NL, fr. Gk ekdysis act of getting out] pl : the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer (as in insects and crustaceans) And it was from this word that H.L.Mencken coined "ecdysiast" = stripper. For which I offer the Latin equivalent "dysvestrix".
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#123498 - 02/20/04 10:42 PM dysvestrix
Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773	Let's be fair, Dr Bill: you must also coin "dysvestor".
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#123499 - 02/21/04 08:36 AM Re: dysvestrix
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	I think that I shall never see A 'tor as lovely as a 'trixie
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