ecdysiast

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All attention was focused overhead as the ermine ecdysiast began to toy with the clasps securing one veil.

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  • Private booths were arranged along one wall with the appearance of caves in a tawny bluff; opposite was a bar and a stage, on which a shapely ecdysiast was going through her contortions in a bored fashion. —  The Long Way Home
  • All attention was focused overhead as the ermine ecdysiast began to toy with the clasps securing one veil. —  A Corridor in the Asylum
  • The two decades mentioned saw articles and books by H.L. Mencken, who reflected a modern, mature view of language (and who coined the word ecdysiast for —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 1
  • She said, well, I'm a ecdysiast. —  CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2002
  • I said, ecdysiast? —  CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2002
 

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  1. From ecdysis.

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/ (ĕk-dĭzˈē-ăstˌ, -əst)/
ahd pronounces "ecdysiast"
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