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Showing words for STRIGIL using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Strigil
strigil
6 Letter Words for Strigil
tigris
5 Letter Words for Strigil
gilts, giris, girls, girts, glist, glits, grist, grits, rigil, sigil, slirt, strig, tirls, trigs
4 Letter Words for Strigil
gils, gilt, giri, girl, girt, gist, gits, glis, glit, gris, grit, iris, ligs, liri, list, liti, lits, rigs, rist, rits, silt, siri, siti, slit, stir, stlg, tigs, tils, tirl, trig
3 Letter Words for Strigil
gis, git, glt, grs, irs, isl, ist, its, lig, lir, lis, lit, lst, ltr, rig, rit, rti, sig, sil, sir, sit, slt, sri, stg, str, tig, til, tis, tlr, tri, trs, tsi
Definitions for Strigil
[1] an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
[2] a curved blade used by the ancient Romans and Greeks to scrape the body after bathing
[3] architect a decorative fluting, esp one in the shape of the letter S as used in Roman architecture
Words nearby Strigil
stridor, stridulate, stridulous, strife, strigiform, strigil, strigose, strijdom, strikable, strike, strike a balance
Origin of Strigil
1575–85; < Latin strigilis, akin to stringere to touch lightly; see streak, strike
Other words from Strigil
strig·il·ate [strij -uh -lit, -leyt] /ˈstrɪdʒ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt/ , adjective
Word origin for Strigil
C16: from Latin strigilis, from stringere to graze