English Explanatory Dictionary

thigh-shower

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

thigh-shower thigh-showers

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek φαινομηρίδες (phainomērídes).

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