əl noun
an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a curved blade used by the ancient Romans and Greeks to scrape the body after bathing |
| 2. | architect a decorative fluting, esp one in the shape of the letter S as used in Roman architecture |
| [C16: from Latin strigilis, from stringere to graze] | |
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Strigil
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Word Origin & History
strigil
"ancient tool for scraping the skin after a bath," 1581, from L. strigilis "horse-comb," from stringere (1) "draw along a surface, graze, wound, strip off, rub," from PIE base *streig- (cf. L. striga "stroke, strike, furrow," stria "furrow, channel;" O.C.S. striga "shear;" O.E. stracian "to stroke;"
Ger. streichen "to stroke, rub"). Etymologists dispute over whether this is connected to L. stringere (2), root of strain (v.).
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