thigh-shower

noun

In ancient Greece, a woman wearing a peplos with a split up the side, thus revealing the upper leg.

OriginAncient Greek φαινομηρίδες →
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Meanings

nounthigh-shower (plural thigh-showers)

plural thigh-showers

  1. In ancient Greece, a woman wearing a peplos with a split up the side, thus revealing the upper leg.

    In ancient Sparta girls wore a tunic ending above the knees and slit high at the side, for this reason these girls were known as thigh-showers.

    1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 65

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekφαινομηρίδες
  2. Englishthigh-shower

Calque of Ancient Greek φαινομηρίδες (phainomērídes).

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