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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ecdysis #123497 02/20/2004 8:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Sun Jan 7 00:25:22 EST 1996 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ecdysis ec.dy.sis \'ek-d*-s*s\ \-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". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ecdysis wwh 02/20/2004 8:18 PM dysvestrix Sparteye 02/21/2004 3:42 AM Re: dysvestrix wwh 02/21/2004 1:36 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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