funambulistn.

Brit.

/fjᵿˈnambjᵿlɪst/, U.S.

/fjuˈnæmbjələst/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin fūnambulus funambulus n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier funambulant n., funambulator n., funambule n., funambuler n., funambulo n., funambulus n.

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

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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

1789 W. P. Carey Both Sides of Gutter 50 A classical funambulist may appear a novelty in the walks of literature.

1793 J. Beresford in W. Roberts Looker-on No. 77. 610 What man will withhold from the funambulist the praise of Justice, who considers his inflexible uprightness?

1825 R. Heber Jrnl. 10 Jan. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xx. 584 Tricks which proved him to be a funambulist of considerable merit.

1847 T. De Quincey Protestantism in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 760/1 That would be a sad task for the most skilful of funambulists or theological tumblers.

1896 Daily News 1 Sept. 3 A Funambulist is a gentleman who..on a rope..turns sommersaults, leaps thro' a ring, and plays on a fiddle while whirling like a Catharine wheel.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Feb. 108/2 When a funambulist practises..on the tight-rope!

1992 P. Berton Niagara (1994) iv. iii. 122 With the funambulists trotting high above the churning rapids on tightropes, could the Falls any longer be called sublime?

2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 269 She was a trained funambulist and she set up a flatrope between two trees in the park to practise.

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

单词	funambulist
释义	funambulistn. Brit. /fjᵿˈnambjᵿlɪst/, U.S. /fjuˈnæmbjələst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fūnambulus , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin fūnambulus funambulus n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier funambulant n., funambulator n., funambule n., funambuler n., funambulo n., funambulus n. A person who walks or performs on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; a tightrope walker. 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 1789 W. P. Carey Both Sides of Gutter 50 A classical funambulist may appear a novelty in the walks of literature. 1793 J. Beresford in W. Roberts Looker-on No. 77. 610 What man will withhold from the funambulist the praise of Justice, who considers his inflexible uprightness? 1825 R. Heber Jrnl. 10 Jan. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xx. 584 Tricks which proved him to be a funambulist of considerable merit. 1847 T. De Quincey Protestantism in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 760/1 That would be a sad task for the most skilful of funambulists or theological tumblers. 1896 Daily News 1 Sept. 3 A Funambulist is a gentleman who..on a rope..turns sommersaults, leaps thro' a ring, and plays on a fiddle while whirling like a Catharine wheel. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Feb. 108/2 When a funambulist practises..on the tight-rope! 1992 P. Berton Niagara (1994) iv. iii. 122 With the funambulists trotting high above the churning rapids on tightropes, could the Falls any longer be called sublime? 2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 269 She was a trained funambulist and she set up a flatrope between two trees in the park to practise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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