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.... ecdysiast: H.L. Mencken's invented proper word for "strip-tease artist," 1940, from Gk. ekdysis "a stripping or casting off" (used scientifically with ref. to serpents shedding skin or crustacea molting), from ekdyein "to put off" (contrasted with endyo "to put on"), from ex- + dyo "sink, plunge, enter." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ecdysiast Gypsy Rose Lee was described as an ...
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