funambulist

May. 1st, 2015 08:07 am
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funambulist (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.

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Date: 2015-05-01 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deloric.livejournal.com
There is a documentary, Man On Wire - its really really good.
I don't think they used the word funambulist.

Date: 2015-05-01 07:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
It's a bit on the literary end of usage.

---L.

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