apodyopsis
noun
apodyopsis is spelled A-P-O-D-Y-O-P-S-I-S: 10 letters. As a noun, apodyopsis means “The act of gazing at a person and imagining them naked; a mental undressing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in apodyopsis?
| Letters | 10: A-P-O-D-Y-O-P-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What does apodyopsis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
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rareThe act of gazing at a person and imagining them naked; a mental undressing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does apodyopsis come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀποδύω (apodúō, “strip off, undress”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”). The term is not recorded in other major dictionaries and is likely a neologism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).