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Limelight
1. A focus of public attention
2. An intense illumination (used in theaters) produced by a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence.
2. An intense illumination (used in theaters) produced by a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence.
Everyone came to see Batman in the Dark Knight, but I think The Joker stole a bit of the limelight with his brilliant performance.
Limelight by cream_of_the_crop December 29, 2008
limelight
Originating from the bubonic plague that decimated populations across Europe, this term refers to the dim light that was associated with the lime pits used to decompose the vast number of corpses.
On occasion, people were in comatose states when put in the pits and would awaken in a decaying state and wonder around the lime-pit while crowds of people would gather to stare at this horrific spectacle. This term was later used to describe a unique stage lighting effect, hence ; to be in the lime light means; to be the centre of attention.
limelight by Prof. Edward Keen January 17, 2005
Limelight
Limelight is: A very intense light used in pre-electric theaters created by a controlled heating of the mineral lime until it glows.
Limelight isn't: A word that has anything to do with burying plague victims.
Limelight isn't: A word that has anything to do with burying plague victims.
As an example: A "professor" who does not do his etymological research but know's that lime's extreme alkalinity can be used to disinfect and help the decomposition of bodies might make up a story about plague victims wandering among corpses being the center of a crowd's attention and conflate this supposition with the actual use of limelight in theaters to cast spotlights.
limelight
limelight(s) is a fandom name from the boy band (manband) ‘why don’t we’. the fans pick the name out from their first song ‘taking you’ released in 2016. the first verse ‘i need you in my life like limelight’. when the boys (jonah , corbyn , daniel , jack , zach ) went on twitter and saw the # ‘we are limelights’ and they knew the fans were called limelight’s !
limelight by lovelessxwdw June 11, 2019