See Also: suburbia(dictionary)
suburbia(dictionary)

strigil (iou) and suburbia (iou)


strigil (iou)



strigil noun. L16.
[Latin strigilis, from base of stringere graze, touch lightly: see -IL.]
Classical Antiquities. An instrument with a curved blade, used to scrape sweat and dirt from the skin in a hot-air bath or after Exercise; a scraper. L16.
Entomology. Any of various comblike structures used for stridulating, grasping, or cleaning. L19.

suburbia (iou)



suburbia noun. Freq. derog. Also Suburbia. L19.
[from SUBURB + -IA1.]
The suburbs (orig. esp. of London); the residents or their way of life in the suburbs of a city.
Courier-Mail (Brisbane) Life in suburbiaa progression from mortgage to death.