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tormentor

tormentor

1 9.9
A flat piece at the side of a stage that hides the area where actors wait
  • noun
  • /tɔrˈmɛntər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : panel lateral (de escenario)
  • Ifrits were tormentors and tricksters, but the guilts and sins of men were not normally their concern, for their essential substance was fire, not earth.

Examples

  • My echoes are no longer tormentors but friends, and when one of them dies (as, inevitably, they have begun to), I mourn a little, as I would a sister.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • " No trinket of a teacher, no gewgaw of a penitent fellow pupil, no tricksy tormentor could crack the silence of me."

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Paul saw that it would be foolish to jump in against so many tormentors.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The director decided to place a tormentor on the left side of the stage to hide the props from the audience.

  • During the play, the tormentor helped create a more immersive experience by blocking the view of the backstage area.

  • The set designer added a tormentor to ensure that the actors could perform without distractions from the audience.

Synonyms

teaser
vstormentor
  • Jargon
1 8.0

A narrow curtain at the side of a stage to hide the wings

is a side piece placed to hide the wings not usually above
tormenter
vstormentor
  • Jargon
9.8

A tall flat piece at the side of a stage that hides the wings

means the same but focuses on a single side piece not its height
masking piece
vstormentor
  • Jargon
9.5

A piece of stage scenery that hides parts of the stage from the audience

is a specific side piece that hides the wings rather than blocking any area

How Concealing

wall
∞ 1.0
tormentor
  • Jargon
1 9.9
flat
  • Specialized
7 8.1
leg
74 1.0

Surface Forms

tormentor singular
tormentors plural

Morphology

tormentor = torment (opaque) = torment + or

Although formally analyzable as 'torment' + '-or', the theatrical meaning 'side flat used to mask the wings' is specialized and not inferable from 'torment'.

Etymology

Tormentor for the stage is a helpful memory: it shares the root with torment and Latin torquere 'to twist'. Think of the side pieces of scenery as 'twisting away' the audience's view to hide the wings, which is why they are called tormentors.