fascinator
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fascinator (plural fascinators)
- A fascinating person or thing.
- 2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times:
- A more repellent personality would be hard to imagine, and yet Hedda Gabler is one of the eternal fascinators of the world stage.
- A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women
- 6 May 2023, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Coronation fashion sprang few surprises – but all eyes were on Penny Mordaunt”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.
- (dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf
See also edit
- fascinator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- "Fascinator", page 362 in Dictionary of American Regional English, volume 2, 1985.
Latin edit
Verb edit
fascinātor
References edit
- “fascinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fascinator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fascinateur or Latin fascinator. By surface analysis, fascina + -tor.
Adjective edit
fascinator m or n (feminine singular fascinatoare, masculine plural fascinatori, feminine and neuter plural fascinatoare)
Declension edit
Declension of fascinator
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | fascinator | fascinatoare | fascinatori | fascinatoare | ||
definite | fascinatorul | fascinatoarea | fascinatorii | fascinatoarele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | fascinator | fascinatoare | fascinatori | fascinatoare | ||
definite | fascinatorului | fascinatoarei | fascinatorilor | fascinatoarelor |