Fascinator
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fascinator is a noun meaning (literal) A fascinating person or thing.
Meaning
(literal) A fascinating person or thing.
More Meanings
- (fashion) A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women.
- (dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf.
Example Sentences
Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.
A more repellent personality would be hard to imagine, and yet Hedda Gabler is one of the eternal fascinators of the world stage.
On a recent night when I visited, a group of girls had taken over an entire section, all of them wearing black fascinators as if attending a funeral. The hostess explained that it was a young woman named Mallory’s “RIP to my 20s” birthday dinner.
Why, for example, was Lady Gaga the first act? Surrounded by pink ostrich feathers and wearing a fascinator that looked like a feather quill atop her head, she put on her best French accent to sing Mon truc en plumes (originally by Zizi Jeanmaire) but it still looked like a scrappy, tacky, riverbank cabaret by an American pop star.
Word Forms
- fascinators
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fancier, fascinoma, fascine, fascion, fantast, fascinum.
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