fascinator

English

Etymology

fascinate +‎ -or

Noun

fascinator (plural fascinators)

1. A fascinating person or thing.
   • 2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times:

     A more repellent personality would be hard to imagine, and yet Hedda Gabler is one of the eternal fascinators of the world stage.

2. A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women
   • 6 May 2023, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Coronation fashion sprang few surprises – but all eyes were on Penny Mordaunt”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.

3. (dated, US) A type of wool or lace headscarf

See also

• fascinator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• "Fascinator", page 362 in Dictionary of American Regional English, volume 2, 1985.

Latin

Verb

fascinātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fascinō

References

• “fascinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fascinator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fascinateur or Latin fascinator. By surface analysis, fascina +‎ -tor.

Adjective

fascinator m or n (feminine singular fascinatoare, masculine plural fascinatori, feminine and neuter plural fascinatoare)

1. fascinator

Declension

Declension of fascinator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fascinator		fascinatoare	fascinatori	fascinatoare
	definite	fascinatorul		fascinatoarea	fascinatorii	fascinatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fascinator		fascinatoare	fascinatori	fascinatoare
	definite	fascinatorului		fascinatoarei	fascinatorilor	fascinatoarelor