Ecdysiast
/ɛkˈdɪz.i.æst/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper. uncommon
"I had never seen an ecdysiast before; toward the end she was wearing nothing but seven beads, four of them sweat."
- 2 a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music wordnet
Example
More examples"I had never seen an ecdysiast before; toward the end she was wearing nothing but seven beads, four of them sweat."
Etymology
Coined by H. L. Mencken from ecdysis (“moulting”) (on the model of enthusiast etc.).