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clithridiate
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prettygoodword.livejournal.comclithridiate (klith-RI-dee-ayet) - adj., keyhole shaped.
Yup, we have a word for it. Coined from Greek roots and everything -- klêithron, a lock, earlier the bar used to close a door, from kleíein, to close.
I know shaped-pupil contacts are all the rage, but man those clithridiate eyes are creeping me out.
---L.
Yup, we have a word for it. Coined from Greek roots and everything -- klêithron, a lock, earlier the bar used to close a door, from kleíein, to close.
I know shaped-pupil contacts are all the rage, but man those clithridiate eyes are creeping me out.
---L.
