kaleidoscope
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- noun
- /kəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊp/
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calidoscopio
- Lying in bed that night, he used a flashlight to illuminate the kaleidoscope's interior.
- kaleidoscope eyes
- look through a kaleidoscope
Examples
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At Rodney Banks's booth, she had found a beautiful kaleidoscope.
Fiction book (2002) -
Thank you for the kaleidoscope.
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This is the same kaleidoscope after it's been still for a long, long time.
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- Do you know why I get you a kaleidoscope every time we move?
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What have you done with the kaleidoscope?
Fiction book (1998) -
I even had time to make this little rainbow kaleidoscope.
Blog text (20) -
"I hope they'll help you sell lots of paintings so I can buy that kaleidoscope."
Fiction book (2002) -
Iris put down the kaleidoscope and dashed back to Mom's booth.
Fiction book (2002) -
As he rolled the kaleidoscope between his frigid hands, admiring its smooth texture, it flashed brilliant celestial light from its obsidian shell.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children took turns looking through the kaleidoscope to see the colorful patterns change with each twist.
How Changeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
kaleidoscope = kaleido + scope
Although the word is a learned coinage built from Greek elements, most learners will not recover its meaning from the parts 'kaleido-' and 'scope'.
Etymology
Kaleidoscope comes from Greek parts kaleid- meaning 'beautiful form' and -scope meaning 'to look', the same -scope you see in telescope or microscope. So the toy is a 'tool for looking at beautiful shapes', which is why turning it makes bright, changing patterns.