Hippodrome

//ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A horse racing course.
  2. 2
    a stadium for horse shows or horse races wordnet
  3. 3
    A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner. US, slang
  4. 4
    A circus with equestrian performances. archaic
Verb
  1. 1
    To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers. US, especially, slang

Synonyms

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agoraamphitheaterarenaathletic fieldauditoriumbackground

Example

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"We visited the hippodrome. We visited the horse racecourse."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor. Latin hippodromoslbor. French hippodromebor. English hippodrome Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.

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