ecdysiast

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ecdysiast

/ɛkˈdɪz.i.æst/

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Coined by H. L. Mencken from ecdysis (“moulting”) (on the model of enthusiast etc.).

noun ecdysiasts

uncommon An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper. I had never seen an ecdysiast before; toward the end she was wearing nothing but seven beads, four of them sweat.
Similar: exotic dancer, stripper

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@misc{ecdysiast_2026,
  title = {ecdysiast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ecdysiast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}