limelight
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| —n | |
| 1. | the limelight a position of public attention or notice (esp in the phrase in the limelight) |
| 2. | a. a type of lamp, formerly used in stage lighting, in which light is produced by heating lime to white heat |
| b. Also called: calcium light brilliant white light produced in this way | |
| 'limelighter | |
| —n | |
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Limelight
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
limelight
1826, popular name for Drummond light, a brilliant light created by the incandescence of lime (1), adopted for lighthouses and later for the Victorian stage, where it illuminated the principal actors, hence the figurative sense of "on stage, at the center of attention" (1877).
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Example sentences
He isn't curmudgeonly about all the attention, by any means, but he is clearly more comfortable out of the limelight.
Macy has no skill in vaudeville tricks to call attention to himself: no shafts of limelight have followed him across the stage.
With state leaders looking for a new source of revenue, gambling has recently stepped into the limelight.
He was a great star who didn't try to steal the limelight.
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