thigh-shower

English

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek φαινομηρίδες (phainomērídes).

Noun

thigh-shower (plural thigh-showers)

  1. In ancient Greece, a woman wearing a peplos with a split up the side, thus revealing the upper leg.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 65:
      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.
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