funambulusn.

Brit.

/fjuːˈnambjᵿləs/, U.S.

/fjuˈnæmbjələs/

Inflections: Plural funambuli.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fūnambulus.

Etymology: < classical Latin fūnambulus tightrope walker < fūnis rope (see funis n.) + ambulāre to walk (see ambulate v.). Compare slightly earlier funambulo n. and slightly later funambulant n.

A person who walks or performs on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; a tightrope walker; a funambulist.In later use chiefly with reference to ancient Roman tightrope walkers.

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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

1607 T. Burt Glory of Godlie Graine 34 For like as we see by the same we call Funambuli, how that by great exercise, they make the body able and apt to obey the will of the minde.

a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 484 Walking not like a Funambulus upon a Cord, but upon the edge of a rasor.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xxii. 240 Our Funambuli and Tumblers.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 239 Spiders..will winde up the thred shorter till it is very straight, as the Funambuli strain their roaps.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iv. 57 Terence himself reproaches the Roman Auditors of his Time, with the like Fondness for the Funambuli, the Rope-dancers.

1870 H. C. Folkard Sailing Boat (ed. 4) i. 19 The crew run up the mast and climb along the lofty yard with all the skill and agility of ancient funambuli.

2006 C. W. Marshall Stagecraft & Performance of Rom. Comedy i. 26 It is equally possible that some of the audience could see the funambulus performing elsewhere.

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

单词	funambulus
释义	funambulusn. Brit. /fjuːˈnambjᵿləs/, U.S. /fjuˈnæmbjələs/ Inflections: Plural funambuli. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fūnambulus. Etymology: < classical Latin fūnambulus tightrope walker < fūnis rope (see funis n.) + ambulāre to walk (see ambulate v.). Compare slightly earlier funambulo n. and slightly later funambulant n. A person who walks or performs on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground; a tightrope walker; a funambulist.In later use chiefly with reference to ancient Roman tightrope walkers. 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 1607 T. Burt Glory of Godlie Graine 34 For like as we see by the same we call Funambuli, how that by great exercise, they make the body able and apt to obey the will of the minde. a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 484 Walking not like a Funambulus upon a Cord, but upon the edge of a rasor. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xxii. 240 Our Funambuli and Tumblers. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 239 Spiders..will winde up the thred shorter till it is very straight, as the Funambuli strain their roaps. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iv. 57 Terence himself reproaches the Roman Auditors of his Time, with the like Fondness for the Funambuli, the Rope-dancers. 1870 H. C. Folkard Sailing Boat (ed. 4) i. 19 The crew run up the mast and climb along the lofty yard with all the skill and agility of ancient funambuli. 2006 C. W. Marshall Stagecraft & Performance of Rom. Comedy i. 26 It is equally possible that some of the audience could see the funambulus performing elsewhere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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