English Explanatory Dictionary

ottomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A skeleton.
  2. Very thin person.

Word forms

ottomy ottomies

Etymology

Variant of otamy, corruption and clipping of anatomy, from Latin anatomia, from cutting up, from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). Doublet of anatomy.

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