Cucoloris

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.

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Etymology

Unknown; a connection with American film director George Cukor has been suggested. Compare also dialectal German Kokolores (“nonsense, silly display”). Conceivably related to Latin cucullus (“a hood”).

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