funambulatorn.

Brit.

/fjuːˈnambjᵿleɪtə/, U.S.

/fjuˈnæmbjəˌleɪdər/

Forms: 1600s funambulatour, 1600s 1800s– funambulator.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin funambulus , -ator suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin funambulus funambulus n. + -ator suffix. Compare earlier funambulant n., funambulo n., funambulus n., and later funambule n., funambuler n., funambulist n.

Somewhat rare.

A person who walks or performs on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; a tightrope walker; a funambulist. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > rope-walker or dancer

walker on ropes1542

funambulo1605

funambulus1607

funambulant1608

rope-walker1611

rope-dancer1627

funambulator1658

funambuler1659

funambule1697

wire dancer1752

equilibrist1760

wire-walker1762

funambulist1789

schoenobatist1821

tightrope dancer1824

aerialist1869

tightrope walker1869

wire-worker1918

blondin1934

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Funambulatour,..a Dancer on the Ropes.

1883 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 11 Aug. The apprenticeship of young children to acrobats and funambulators.

1942 S. F. Bemis Diplomatic Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) xxxii. 605 He favored the Allied cause, but he was a political funambulator, walking the unsteady tightwire of neutrality to the end, leaving the decision to others.

2006 N. M. Kay Epigrams from Anthologia Latina (2008) 143 The funambulator having made his ascent of the catadromus and now being pictured as walking at unbelievable height along the rope strung between the platforms.

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

单词	funambulator
释义	funambulatorn. Brit. /fjuːˈnambjᵿleɪtə/, U.S. /fjuˈnæmbjəˌleɪdər/ Forms: 1600s funambulatour, 1600s 1800s– funambulator. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin funambulus , -ator suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin funambulus funambulus n. + -ator suffix. Compare earlier funambulant n., funambulo n., funambulus n., and later funambule n., funambuler n., funambulist n. Somewhat rare. A person who walks or performs on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; a tightrope walker; a funambulist. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > rope-walker or dancer walker on ropes1542 funambulo1605 funambulus1607 funambulant1608 rope-walker1611 rope-dancer1627 funambulator1658 funambuler1659 funambule1697 wire dancer1752 equilibrist1760 wire-walker1762 funambulist1789 schoenobatist1821 tightrope dancer1824 aerialist1869 tightrope walker1869 wire-worker1918 blondin1934 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Funambulatour,..a Dancer on the Ropes. 1883 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 11 Aug. The apprenticeship of young children to acrobats and funambulators. 1942 S. F. Bemis Diplomatic Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) xxxii. 605 He favored the Allied cause, but he was a political funambulator, walking the unsteady tightwire of neutrality to the end, leaving the decision to others. 2006 N. M. Kay Epigrams from Anthologia Latina (2008) 143 The funambulator having made his ascent of the catadromus and now being pictured as walking at unbelievable height along the rope strung between the platforms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658
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