domino

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)
  2. noun a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume
  3. noun a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes

Etymology

1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). By surface analysis, di- + -omino.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Fats Domino, Antoine Domino

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