ecdysiast

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to ecdysiast: Gypsy Rose Lee

ec·dys·i·ast

(ĕk-dĭz′ē-ăst′, -əst)

A striptease artist.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ecdysiast

(ɛkˈdɪzɪˌæst)

(Professions) a facetious word for stripper¹

[C20: (coined by H. L. Mencken) from ecdysis + -ast, variant of -ist]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

strip•per

(ˈstrɪp ər)

n.

1. a person or thing that strips.

2. a person who performs a striptease.

3. a chemical solution that removes varnish, paint, etc., from a surface.

[1575–85]

ecdysiast

a strip tease dancer.

See also: Dancing

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

ecdysiast - a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

exotic dancer, peeler, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, stripper

performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

White's exposure of himself to public scrutiny and judgment finds him at his most vulnerable in "My Master," the psychodrama in which, like an experienced ecdysiast, he gradually reveals his escalating sessions with a dominant young Adonis and their explorations of primal pleasure-pain.

A man's own story: Michael Ehrhardt talks with the author of My Lives

Like an ecdysiast who slips behind a backlit screen to tease the house with a silhouette, the planet Venus performs directly in front of the Sun this month in its first transit since 1882.

Showgirl

Sutro's affidavit lists her credentials as a "professional actress, stunt woman and ecdysiast" who "has studied acting, dancing, speech and language," but she is not quoted in court documents further elaborating any notions she might have about dance as expression.