mutoscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.

Word forms

mutoscope mutoscopes

Etymology

Originally a trademark, from Latin mutare (“to change”), and -scope.

Derived words

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