Equilibrist (noun)
e-kwil-ib-rist
A performer who is skilled at balancing in unusual positions and hazardous movements, as a tightrope walker in a circus.
Equilibrist comes by way of French from Latin aequilībrium, “equilibrium,” which is formed from aequus, “equal,” and lībra, “balance.”
Example sentences
“Turns out she was an equilibrist who travelled with the circus. ”
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