Word of the Day - strigil

strigil

/ˈstrɪdʒɪl/
noun
1 An instrument with a curved blade used, especially by ancient Greeks
and Romans, to scrape sweat and dirt from the skin in a hot-air bath or
after exercise; a scraper.
2 Entomology
A comblike structure on the forelegs of some insects, used chiefly for grooming.

Origin
From Latin strigilis, from stringere ‘touch lightly’. The term in entomology dates from the late 19th century.

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Tassitus Maximus Jones scraped the sweat/powder sludge from his skin with an HDPE strigil after an hour of exercise and a bit of a steam. The others in the YMCA shower room used ordinary soap and kept their distance.