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☆ ec·dysi·ast (ek diz′ē ast′)

noun

a stripteaser

Etymology: coined (1940) by H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken < ecdysis + -ast, one occupied with (< ME -aste < L -astes < Gr -astēs)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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