saltimbanque

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saltimbanque

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From French saltimbanque, from Italian saltimbanco, from saltare (“to jump”) + banco (“bench, platform, stage”).

noun saltimbanques · saltimbank

Tumbler, street acrobat. Circus is a simple, romantic ballet, set to some suitable music by France’s Jacques Ibert, laid in a village square of placardized baroque, and dressed in costumes that suggest the saltimbanques of Picasso.

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@misc{saltimbanque_2026,
  title = {saltimbanque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saltimbanque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}