English Explanatory Dictionary

sciopticon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of magic lantern.

Word forms

sciopticon sciopticons

Etymology

From scio- (“shadow”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”). Compare scioptic.

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