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funambulism

[fyoo-nam-byuh-list] Origin

fu·nam·bu·list

[fyoo-nam-byuh-list]
noun
a tightrope walker.

Origin:
1785–95; < Latin fūnambul(us) ropedancer + -ist

fu·nam·bu·lism, noun
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Funambulism is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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funambulist (fjuːˈnæmbjʊlɪst)
 
n
a tightrope walker
 
[C18: from Latin fūnambulus rope dancer, from fūnis rope + ambulāre to walk]
 
fu'nambulism
 
n

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funambulist
"rope-walker," 1793, coined from L. funis "rope" + ambulare "to walk."
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