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Skytalism

Skytalism is the alternative form of Scytalism.

Meaning of Scytalism

Proper noun

Scytalism

  1. (historical) The clubbing of wealthy Argives in 370 BC.
    • But in the mean time there arose such a Sedition, follow'd with such Butcheries in Argos, that the like had never been before in any of the Cities of Greece: Which new and unheard of Cruelty was call'd by the Grecians Scytalism, from the manner of the slaughter Committed... whoever were accus'd (of...1700, Diodorus Siculus, translated by George Booth, The Historical Library..., page 433

Origin of Skytalism

From Ancient Greek σκυταλισμός (skutalismós, “clubbing”), from σκυτάλη (skutálē) or σκύταλον (skútalon, “club”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to skytale + -ism.

Questions about Skytalism

What is Skytalism the alternative form of?
Skytalism is the alternative form of Scytalism.

Words near Skytalism in the dictionary

  1. skysurfing
  2. Skysweeper
  3. Skysweepers
  4. skytale
  5. skytales
  6. Skytalism
  7. skyte
  8. skyted
  9. skytes
  10. skytime
  11. skyting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Skytalism (page history and authors); Scytalism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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