Meanings
- neologismrareuncountableThe act of gazing at a person and imagining them naked; a mental undressing.
Our fulfillment in life lies within those dark moments. It is like an act of apodyopsis, one of those mentally stimulating realities of seduction.
2015, Victor Counted, From A Weakspot To A Hotshot: Life Changing Insights on How to Lead & Live a Complete Life!, Cape Town: Hubb Publishing, →ISBN, page 2214 more examples
Deirdre is also a very attractive woman with nicely large breasts and a nicely large butt. She has long brown hair that she sometimes colors a lovely auburn and green eyes. She is sexy woman in a pretty way. I often wish that her style of dress would lend itself more to apodyopsis.
2006 April 3, Esu Migabe, “{ASSM} {REVIEW} Write Club Duel”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet)He sauntered over to her. He had a pot-belly and piggy eyes and clearly had had enough of performing apodyopsis, wanting more. "You turning tricks?" He asked in a regional accent and Sarah screwed up her face.
2012 May 27, John D, “{ASSM} Growing Pains: Broken Promises (MF, teen, exhib, flirt, f-solo, toys)”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet)PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The cosmos is granting you a poetic license to practice the art of apodyopsis with great relish. You know what apodyopsis is, right? It refers to the act of envisioning people naked — mentally undressing them so as to picture them in their raw state. So, yes, by all means, Pisces, enjoy this creative use of your imagination without apology.
2013 September 26, Rob Brezsny, “Free Will Astrology”, in Eugene Weekly, volume XXXII, number 37 (syndicated column), Eugene, O.R.: What's Happening Inc., →OCLC, page 34She had been naked before him before plenty of times when he rehearsed apodyopsis, but her body was even more stunning live amd^([sic]) not trapped in his imagination.
2014, Ryan Patrick Sullivan, Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, Bloomington, I.N.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, pages 210–211
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀποδύω“strip off, undress”
- Englishapodyopsis
From Ancient Greek ἀποδύω (apodúō, “strip off, undress”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”). The term is not recorded in other major dictionaries and is likely a neologism.
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