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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread is -ist -iast? #62377 03/25/2002 8:31 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,104 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,104 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA yes but an ecdysist is more commonly called a strip tease! Stripping it down to the bare essentials - I've always seen that word rendered as "ecdysiast", meaning stripper, or more eloquently strip-tease artist Is there a difference between suffix -ist and -iast? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted New words this week (month? year?) of troy 03/25/2002 4:27 PM Re: New words this week (month? year?) dxb 03/25/2002 4:46 PM Re: New words this week (month? year?) of troy 03/25/2002 5:02 PM is -ist -iast? wofahulicodoc 03/25/2002 8:31 PM Re: is -ist -iast? Angel 03/25/2002 11:46 PM Re: is -ist -iast? Keiva 03/26/2002 1:06 AM Re: is -ist -iast? Angel 03/26/2002 1:12 AM Re: is -ist -iast? Jazzoctopus 03/26/2002 1:46 AM Re: is -ist -iast? Angel 03/26/2002 1:51 AM I'm no lady AnnaStrophic 03/26/2002 11:45 AM Re: I'm no lady Angel 03/26/2002 1:02 PM Re: I'm no lady Faldage 03/26/2002 2:43 PM Re: is -ist -iast? doc_comfort 03/26/2002 1:13 AM Terpsichorean Jackie 03/26/2002 3:32 PM Re: Terpsichorean wwh 03/26/2002 3:37 PM Re: Terpsichorean AnnaStrophic 03/26/2002 4:55 PM Re: Terpsichorean of troy 03/26/2002 5:05 PM more medical choreography wofahulicodoc 03/26/2002 5:31 PM Re: Terpsichorean wwh 03/26/2002 5:32 PM Re: Terpsichorean wwh 03/26/2002 8:07 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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