acrobat
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acrobat/ˈakrəbat/
▶noun an entertainer who performs acrobatics.
– derivatives
acrobatic adjective,
acrobatically adverb.
acrobatic adjective,
acrobatically adverb.
– origin C19: from Fr. acrobate, from Gk akrobatēs, from akrobatos ‘walking on tiptoe’, from akron ‘tip’ + bainein ‘to walk’.
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