funambulo

See also: funámbulo and funâmbulo

English

Noun

funambulo (plural funambulos or funambuloes)

  1. (obsolete) A funambulist; a tightrope walker.
    • Francis Bacon
      […] the tricks of tumblers, funambuloes, baladines […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for funambulo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Noun

fūnambulō

  1. dative singular of fūnambulus
  2. ablative singular of fūnambulus

References
  • funambulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • funambulo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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