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strigils

strigils is the plural of strigil.

Meaning of strigil

Noun

strigil (plural strigils)

  1. (historical) A grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc.
    • In another corner, more bone hinges and bronze fittings indicated another cupboard, this time containing a range of rather more prized possessions: the statuette of Venus, a glass swan, a terracotta Cupid, plus some rock-crystal jewellery, a broken horse bit, a couple of strigils (used for...2010, Mary Beard, chapter 3, in Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

Questions about strigils

What is strigils the plural of?
Strigils is the plural of strigil.

Words near strigils in the dictionary

  1. strigilators
  2. strigilis
  3. strigillose
  4. strigillosely
  5. strigilose
  6. strigils
  7. strigine
  8. strigment
  9. strigments
  10. strigoceratid
  11. strigoceratids

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