ottomy
ottomy · ottomies
Very thin personVery thin person.
Meaning
2 sensesVery thin person.
(colloquial, obsolete)A skeleton.
Origin
Variant of otamy, corruption and clipping of anatomy, from Latin anatomia, from ἀνατομή (aVariant of otamy, corruption and clipping of anatomy, from Latin anatomia, from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). Doublet of anatomy.
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