limelightn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪmlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/

Etymology: < lime n.¹

1. The intense white light produced by heating a piece of lime in an oxyhydrogen flame. Also called Drummond light (see Drummond light at Drummond n.). Formerly much used in theatres to light up important actors and scenes, and so direct attention to them. Hence frequently figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > limelight

limelight1826

Drummond1830

oxyhydrogen light1849

oxy-calcium light1859

calcium light1864

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights

footlight1776

limelight1826

float1829

spotlight1875

ground-row1881

lime1892

baby spot1910

amber1913

spot1920

strip light1920

perch1933

follow spot1937

Mickey Mouse1937

pin spot1947

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > publicity

word of mouth1578

publicity1609

agitation1829

limelight1877

play1912

pre-publicity1959

1826 Drummond in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 336 Applied to a revolving light, where four sides are illuminated, each with four reflectors, one reflector, with the lime light, might be substituted on each side.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vi. 46 The naked eye can detect no difference in brightness between the electric light and the lime light.

1877 G. B. Smith Shelley i. 45 Transcendent as were his virtues when compared with his faults, the lime-light of a malevolent scrutiny has been turned on the latter.

1881 P. Fitzgerald World behind Scenes i. 48 The use of so intense a light as the limelight has favoured the introduction of a new effect in the shape of transparent scenery.

1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 433 When Shakespeare played Hamlet and Macbeth, he had neither limelight, footlights, scenery, costumes, nor stage machinery.

1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 223 To him one evening in the limelight made up for many dark ones.

1908 Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 3/2 The beauty of his person..helped to throw the limelight upon him.

1909 Daily Chron. 11 June 4/4 Many women..are likely to die—unwed... They never got into the limelight.

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 131/2 They are given a notoriety, a public exhibition in the limelight.

1922 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 150/1 He did not..pose in the limelight to the same extent as his respected chief.

1924 J. Galsworthy Forest i. i. 15 ‘You know what we're here for?’ ‘Limelight on the slave trade, is it?’

1928 Publishers' Weekly 9 June 2353 Political portraits of the men who will be in the limelight of the national conventions.

1934 A. Huxley Let. 1 Oct. (1969) 384 The town hardly gets its full share of the limelight because of the hero.

1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 111 Fond of limelight, greedy for notice. One who claims the centre of the stage.

1955 Times 5 May 16/2 German bonds took the limelight in the foreign bond market.

1955 Times 17 June 9/3 The publicity given to the submission of identical tenders for public authorities' contracts has brought the question into the limelight.

1967 Guardian 3 Feb. 7/3 [He] did more than his bit of backing in to the limelight, and his declarations of his own genius aren't to everyone's taste.

1975 ‘R. Lewis’ Double Take iv. 127 In our business exposure to the limelight of the courts is like the kiss of death.

2. attributive.

ΚΠ

1874 Porcupine 11 Apr. 26/3 And [he], with the willing aid of the stage-carpenter, scenic artist, and limelight man, has made our blood curdle.

1874 Cassell's Mag. May 432/1 The lime-light splendour of the tropics.

1876 Porcupine 22 Apr. 59/1 There is plenty of bustle and ‘business’, and lots of pistol-shots and obliging limelight rays.

1892 J. Nie Robinson Crusoe 6 Here! Where's the lime-light man?

1897 G. B. Shaw Let. 11 June (1965) I. 774 A ten inch moon, a limelight sky.

1938 W. Loraine Robert Loraine 31 And recount the events of the evening—the mistakes of the limelight man, the hacking cough from the third row.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

limelightv.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪmlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/

Etymology: < limelight n.

transitive. To illuminate by limelight. Usually figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] > strikingly

to set out1577

illustrate1603

to stick off1613

signalize1624

to draw out1855

spotlight1907

highlight1922

limelight1927

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)] > light

gas1888

limelight1927

1927 Daily Express 21 Feb. 2/4 Unfeminine modern women go limelighting their way through the world.

Derivatives

ˈlimelighted adj.

ΚΠ

1909 Daily Chron. 10 Apr. 4/6 The most limelighted person in Europe this morning is Queen Wilhelmina of Holland.

1940 Nation (N.Y.) 28 Sept. 263/1 What are the facts that justify these limelighted conferences in Berlin and Rome?

ˈlimelighting n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > publicizing

publicity1809

publicizing1906

limelighting1927

publicization1934

1927 Observer 10 Apr. 29 This is not an occasion when the interests of motorists can be served by limelighting.

ˈlimelit adj.

ΚΠ

1909 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 2/3 We had sympathised with the beautiful lime-lit heroine.

1964 Punch 12 Aug. 213/1 This keenness to pin something on the limelit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	limelight
释义	limelightn. Brit. /ˈlʌɪmlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/ Etymology: < lime n.¹ 1. The intense white light produced by heating a piece of lime in an oxyhydrogen flame. Also called Drummond light (see Drummond light at Drummond n.). Formerly much used in theatres to light up important actors and scenes, and so direct attention to them. Hence frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > limelight limelight1826 Drummond1830 oxyhydrogen light1849 oxy-calcium light1859 calcium light1864 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights footlight1776 limelight1826 float1829 spotlight1875 ground-row1881 lime1892 baby spot1910 amber1913 spot1920 strip light1920 perch1933 follow spot1937 Mickey Mouse1937 pin spot1947 society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > publicity word of mouth1578 publicity1609 agitation1829 limelight1877 play1912 pre-publicity1959 1826 Drummond in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 336 Applied to a revolving light, where four sides are illuminated, each with four reflectors, one reflector, with the lime light, might be substituted on each side. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vi. 46 The naked eye can detect no difference in brightness between the electric light and the lime light. 1877 G. B. Smith Shelley i. 45 Transcendent as were his virtues when compared with his faults, the lime-light of a malevolent scrutiny has been turned on the latter. 1881 P. Fitzgerald World behind Scenes i. 48 The use of so intense a light as the limelight has favoured the introduction of a new effect in the shape of transparent scenery. 1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 433 When Shakespeare played Hamlet and Macbeth, he had neither limelight, footlights, scenery, costumes, nor stage machinery. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 223 To him one evening in the limelight made up for many dark ones. 1908 Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 3/2 The beauty of his person..helped to throw the limelight upon him. 1909 Daily Chron. 11 June 4/4 Many women..are likely to die—unwed... They never got into the limelight. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 131/2 They are given a notoriety, a public exhibition in the limelight. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 150/1 He did not..pose in the limelight to the same extent as his respected chief. 1924 J. Galsworthy Forest i. i. 15 ‘You know what we're here for?’ ‘Limelight on the slave trade, is it?’ 1928 Publishers' Weekly 9 June 2353 Political portraits of the men who will be in the limelight of the national conventions. 1934 A. Huxley Let. 1 Oct. (1969) 384 The town hardly gets its full share of the limelight because of the hero. 1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 111 Fond of limelight, greedy for notice. One who claims the centre of the stage. 1955 Times 5 May 16/2 German bonds took the limelight in the foreign bond market. 1955 Times 17 June 9/3 The publicity given to the submission of identical tenders for public authorities' contracts has brought the question into the limelight. 1967 Guardian 3 Feb. 7/3 [He] did more than his bit of backing in to the limelight, and his declarations of his own genius aren't to everyone's taste. 1975 ‘R. Lewis’ Double Take iv. 127 In our business exposure to the limelight of the courts is like the kiss of death. 2. attributive. ΚΠ 1874 Porcupine 11 Apr. 26/3 And [he], with the willing aid of the stage-carpenter, scenic artist, and limelight man, has made our blood curdle. 1874 Cassell's Mag. May 432/1 The lime-light splendour of the tropics. 1876 Porcupine 22 Apr. 59/1 There is plenty of bustle and ‘business’, and lots of pistol-shots and obliging limelight rays. 1892 J. Nie Robinson Crusoe 6 Here! Where's the lime-light man? 1897 G. B. Shaw Let. 11 June (1965) I. 774 A ten inch moon, a limelight sky. 1938 W. Loraine Robert Loraine 31 And recount the events of the evening—the mistakes of the limelight man, the hacking cough from the third row. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). limelightv. Brit. /ˈlʌɪmlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/ Etymology: < limelight n. transitive. To illuminate by limelight. Usually figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] > strikingly to set out1577 illustrate1603 to stick off1613 signalize1624 to draw out1855 spotlight1907 highlight1922 limelight1927 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)] > light gas1888 limelight1927 1927 Daily Express 21 Feb. 2/4 Unfeminine modern women go limelighting their way through the world. Derivatives ˈlimelighted adj. ΚΠ 1909 Daily Chron. 10 Apr. 4/6 The most limelighted person in Europe this morning is Queen Wilhelmina of Holland. 1940 Nation (N.Y.) 28 Sept. 263/1 What are the facts that justify these limelighted conferences in Berlin and Rome? ˈlimelighting n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > publicizing publicity1809 publicizing1906 limelighting1927 publicization1934 1927 Observer 10 Apr. 29 This is not an occasion when the interests of motorists can be served by limelighting. ˈlimelit adj. ΚΠ 1909 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 2/3 We had sympathised with the beautiful lime-lit heroine. 1964 Punch 12 Aug. 213/1 This keenness to pin something on the limelit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826v.1909
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