See Also: amphitheatre(medicine)
amphitheatre(dictionary)
amphitheatre(dictionary)
Amphitheatre of El Jem(tourism)

jaywalking (oh) and amphitheatre (iou)


jaywalking (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: jay 'stupid person' (19-20 centuries) + walking]
when someone walks across a road at a place where it is dangerous to cross
-- jaywalker n [C]
-- jaywalk v [I]

amphitheatre (iou)



amphitheatre noun. Also *amphitheater. LME.
[Latin amphitheatrum from Greek amphitheatron, formed as AMPHI- + THEATRE. Cf. French amphitheatre.]
An oval or circular building with seats rising in tiers around a central open space. LME.
A joined pair of theatres. E-M17.
The scene of a contest. M17.
The surrounding scene. M17-E18.
A piece of level ground surrounded naturally by rising slopes; a large circular hollow. L18.
A semicircular rising gallery in a theatre. M19.
amphithe'atric adjective = amphitheatrical E17.
amphithe'atrical adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling an amphitheatre L16.
amphithe'atrically adverb E18.