From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
   I came across this word today for the first time in a review of a biography of   
   Niccolao Manucci (which is likely to bring up many questions relevant to   
   sci.lang, though less so alt.usage.english, if I read it).   
      
   It’s a term for an enema, also spelled glyster, glister, from Greek   
   κλυστηρ (a   
   syringe used for this). It is obsolete or close to it, last relevant citation   
   in OED2 1846, in veterinary use. Pronounced /ˈklɪstɚ/, to my mild surprise.   
      
   The word still exists in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese, though it   
   doesn’t seem to be the default choice of word for an enema in any of those   
   languages.   
      
   --   
   ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /   
   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)