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Girandole

//ˈdʒɪrənˌdoʊl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.

    "1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him..."

  2. 2
    an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.

Etymology

From French girandole, from Italian girandola, from girare (“to turn, gyrate”).

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