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Etymology
Borrowed from English kaleidoscope, from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “shape”) (compare -oid) + -scope. Coined 1817, by David Brewster, its inventor.[1]
Figurative sense of “constantly changing pattern” attested 1819 by Lord Byron, who had received a kaleidoscope from his publisher.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaː.lɛi̯.doːˈskoːp/
- Hyphenation: ca‧lei‧do‧scoop
Noun
caleidoscoop m (plural caleidoscopen, diminutive caleidoscoopje n)
- kaleidoscope
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