English Explanatory Dictionary

cucoloris

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.

Word forms

cucoloris cucolorises cokuloris cookaloris cucalorus cuculoris

Etymology

Unknown; a connection with American film director George Cukor has been suggested. Compare also dialectal German Kokolores (“nonsense, silly display”). Conceivably related to Latin cucullus (“a hood”).

Synonyms

cookie cuke

Derived words

branchaloris
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