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funambulist
May. 1st, 2015 08:07 amfunambulist (fyoo-NAM-byuh-list) - n., an acrobat on a tightrope or slackwire.
Or just a tightrope walker, but often acrobatics is involved when funambulism is involved. And no, you can't be a tightrope walker on a slackwire -- the difference between the two is apparently Serious Business. Adopted in 1824 from Latin fūnambulus, same meaning -- rope dancing was a popular entertainment in ancient Rome.
---L.
Or just a tightrope walker, but often acrobatics is involved when funambulism is involved. And no, you can't be a tightrope walker on a slackwire -- the difference between the two is apparently Serious Business. Adopted in 1824 from Latin fūnambulus, same meaning -- rope dancing was a popular entertainment in ancient Rome.
---L.
