† schoenobatistn.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin schoenobatēs , Greek σχοινοβάτης , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin schoenobatēs (Juvenal) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek σχοινοβάτης tightrope walker ( < ancient Greek σχοῖνος rope (see schoene n.) + -βάτης < the stem of βαίνειν to walk (see basis n.) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns) + -ist suffix. Compare schoenobatic adj.

Obsolete. rare.

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

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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

1821 ‘G. di Castel Chiuso’ Sketches St. George's Fields 2nd Ser. v. 216 The great Schœnobatist on danger's ridge Walks in her light, amid explosions loud, That drown the thunders of the applauding croud.

1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 21/2 A troop of young schœnobatists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	schoenobatist
释义	† schoenobatistn. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin schoenobatēs , Greek σχοινοβάτης , -ist suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin schoenobatēs (Juvenal) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek σχοινοβάτης tightrope walker ( < ancient Greek σχοῖνος rope (see schoene n.) + -βάτης < the stem of βαίνειν to walk (see basis n.) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns) + -ist suffix. Compare schoenobatic adj. Obsolete. rare. A person who performs on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; a tightrope walker. 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 1821 ‘G. di Castel Chiuso’ Sketches St. George's Fields 2nd Ser. v. 216 The great Schœnobatist on danger's ridge Walks in her light, amid explosions loud, That drown the thunders of the applauding croud. 1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 21/2 A troop of young schœnobatists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1821
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