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girandole - n., an ornamented branched candleholder that is mounted on a wall, often backed by a mirror; a brooch or earring consisting of a central ornament with usually three smaller ornaments hanging from it.
Also, "a composition or structure in radiating form or arrangement, such as a rotating display of fireworks," but is less interesting. Pronounced with a soft g: JIR-uhn-dohl. Taken from French in the mid-18th century, in turn from Italian girandola, from girare, to turn in a circle, from Latin gȳrāre, from of gȳrus, a circle, from Greek gŷros.
---L.
Also, "a composition or structure in radiating form or arrangement, such as a rotating display of fireworks," but is less interesting. Pronounced with a soft g: JIR-uhn-dohl. Taken from French in the mid-18th century, in turn from Italian girandola, from girare, to turn in a circle, from Latin gȳrāre, from of gȳrus, a circle, from Greek gŷros.
---L.
