fascinator

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English

Etymology

From fascinate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fascinator (plural fascinators)

  1. (literal) 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.
  2. (fashion) A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women.
    • 2023 May 6, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Coronation fashion sprang few surprises – but all eyes were on Penny Mordaunt”, in The Guardian‎:
      Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.
    • 2024 July 26, Arifa Akbar, “Paris Olympics opening ceremony review – soaring ambition deflated by patchy delivery”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Why, for example, was Lady Gaga the first act? Surrounded by pink ostrich feathers and wearing a fascinator that looked like a feather quill atop her head, she put on her best French accent to sing Mon truc en plumes (originally by Zizi Jeanmaire) but it still looked like a scrappy, tacky, riverbank cabaret by an American pop star.
  3. (dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf.

Derived terms

References

  • "Fascinator", page 362 in Dictionary of American Regional English, volume 2, 1985.

Further reading

Latin

Verb

fascinātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fascinō

References

  • “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fascinateur or Latin fascinator. By surface analysis, fascina +‎ -tor.

Adjective

fascinator m or n (feminine singular fascinatoare, masculine plural fascinatori, feminine and neuter plural fascinatoare)

  1. fascinator

Declension

singular plural
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
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