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Variant of otamy, corruption and clipping of anatomy, from Latin anatomia, from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). Doublet of anatomy.

noun ottomies

colloquial, obsolete A skeleton.
Very thin person.

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@misc{ottomy_2026,
  title = {ottomy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ottomy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}