† funambulantn.

Forms: 1600s funambulant, 1600s funambulante.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fūnambulus , -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin fūnambulus funambulus n. + -ant suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier funambulo n., funambulus n., and later funambulator n., funambule n., funambuler n., funambulist n.

Obsolete. 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.

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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

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 138 He's fain to stand like the Funambulant [Fr. le basteleur] Who seems to tread the air.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii. sig. E7 A Rope walker, Funambulante.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	funambulant
释义	† funambulantn. Forms: 1600s funambulant, 1600s funambulante. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fūnambulus , -ant suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin fūnambulus funambulus n. + -ant suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier funambulo n., funambulus n., and later funambulator n., funambule n., funambuler n., funambulist n. Obsolete. 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. 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 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 138 He's fain to stand like the Funambulant [Fr. le basteleur] Who seems to tread the air. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii. sig. E7 A Rope walker, Funambulante. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1608
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