limelight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame.
A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.
Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame; spotlight.

verb

/ˈlaɪm.laɪt/ en-us-limelight.ogg

limelight limelights limelighting limelighted limelit

From lime + light.

Drummond light

public eye

in the limelight limelighter steal the limelight

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