Grimaldi

[ gri-mahl-dee, -mawl- ]

noun

1. Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.
2. a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 120 miles (195 km) in diameter.

Grimaldi

¹

/ ɡrɪˈmɔːldɪ /

noun

1. a large crater in the SE quadrant of the moon, about 190 km in diameter, which is conspicuous because of its dark floor

Grimaldi

²

/ ɡrɪˈmɔːldɪ /

noun

1. GrimaldiJoseph17791837MEnglishTHEATRE: actorTHEATRE: clown Joseph. 1779–1837, English actor, noted as a clown in pantomime

Word History and Origins

Origin of Grimaldi¹

named after Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–63), Italian physicist

Example Sentences

The following year, he also acknowledged an American daughter, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, born to a California woman.

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The following year, he also acknowledged an American daughter, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, now a teenager, born to a California woman.

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“Grimaldi was pantomime,” writes Andrew McConnell Scott in his biography, The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi.

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Intercepted letters between Fuentes and Grimaldi proved that a treaty had been signed between them on August 15.

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Pitt took the same ground as before, and declared that his opinion had been strengthened by one of Grimaldi's intercepted letters.

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It was late one night in 1807 that Grimaldi, the most famous of all clowns, was robbed on Highgate Hill by two footpads.

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Grimaldi, however, afterwards pursued his ghost, and buffeted the father in his grave.

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Grimaldi, the son of Queen Charlottes dentist, was born in 1779.

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