funambulatev.

Brit.

/fjuːˈnambjᵿleɪt/, U.S.

/fjuˈnæmbjəˌleɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funambulus n., -ate suffix³.

Etymology: < funambulus n. + -ate suffix³, after funambulation n., funambulator n., funambulatory adj.

intransitive. To walk or perform on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; to walk on, or as if on, a tightrope.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > perform acrobatics [verb (intransitive)] > rope-walk

tightrope1858

funambulate1865

1865 Boston Daily Advertiser 20 Mar. Blondin is funambulating in England.

1879 W. S. Dallas tr. E. Krause Erasmus Darwin 117 It is a pity he does not tell us when and where it was the fashion of young ladies to funambulate!

1905 W. H. Morton & H. C. Newton Sixty Years' Stage Service xvii. 72 The intrepid rope-walker..betook himself to Sydenham Grounds to arrange the fixing of his high rope in order that he might airily funambulate from tower to tower, so to speak.

1962 J. Kirkup These Horned Islands xx. 347 Funambulating along the top of my swaying bamboo fence is a stumpy-tailed ginger cat.

2003 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 1 Mar. b13 Thirty years on he is a minor local celebrity, still juggling and funambulating.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	funambulate
释义	funambulatev. Brit. /fjuːˈnambjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /fjuˈnæmbjəˌleɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funambulus n., -ate suffix³. Etymology: < funambulus n. + -ate suffix³, after funambulation n., funambulator n., funambulatory adj. intransitive. To walk or perform on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; to walk on, or as if on, a tightrope. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > perform acrobatics [verb (intransitive)] > rope-walk tightrope1858 funambulate1865 1865 Boston Daily Advertiser 20 Mar. Blondin is funambulating in England. 1879 W. S. Dallas tr. E. Krause Erasmus Darwin 117 It is a pity he does not tell us when and where it was the fashion of young ladies to funambulate! 1905 W. H. Morton & H. C. Newton Sixty Years' Stage Service xvii. 72 The intrepid rope-walker..betook himself to Sydenham Grounds to arrange the fixing of his high rope in order that he might airily funambulate from tower to tower, so to speak. 1962 J. Kirkup These Horned Islands xx. 347 Funambulating along the top of my swaying bamboo fence is a stumpy-tailed ginger cat. 2003 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 1 Mar. b13 Thirty years on he is a minor local celebrity, still juggling and funambulating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1865
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