fascinator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that fascinates.
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a scarf of crochet work, lace, or the like, narrowing toward the ends, worn as a head covering by women.
noun
Etymology
Origin of fascinator
From Late Latin, dating back to 1740–50; see origin at fascinate, -tor
Example Sentences
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Co-chair and red carpet queen Zendaya has made her much anticipated return to the Met Gala in a blue and green ensemble with hummingbirds gracing her decolletage and a gravity-defying fascinator to boot.
From BBC • May 6, 2024
That much is clear in her take-charge reappearance at the Manhattan penthouse the day after his death, decked out in black from the funerary fascinator in her hair to her smart heels.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2023
In details like Art’s harlequin jumper and tiny top-hat fascinator — and in the gruesome nondigital makeup effects Leone crafted himself — what moviegoers are buying is homemade filmmaking.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022
Like other mourners, she was dressed in black and wearing a feathered fascinator.,
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2022
The purple crocheted "fascinator" she had caught up at the doctor's entrance was still on her head, and her long pale face, beneath the airy scallops, appeared frozen in an expression of incurable melancholy.
From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
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