English

Noun

fascinator ‎(plural fascinators)

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

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

References

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

See also

• fascinator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

fascinātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of fascinō
2. 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016