Definitions for girandole

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girandole gir·an·dole

Spelling: [jir-uh n-dohl]

IPA: /ˈdʒɪr ənˌdoʊl/

Girandole is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 899 anagrams from letters in girandole (adegilnor).

Definitions for girandole

noun

1. a rotating and radiating firework.
2. an ornate bracket for candelabra or the like, sometimes with a reflecting mirror at the back of the shelf.
3. a brooch or earring consisting of a central ornament with usually three smaller ornaments hanging from it.

Origin of girandole

1625-35; French Italian girandola, derivative of girare to turn in a circle Latin gȳrāre, derivative of gȳrus a circle Greek gŷros

Examples for girandole

It was intended to be a sort of cross between the girandole and the war-rocket.

A witty writer says that dessert should be "the girandole, or cunning tableau of the dinner."

The sounds of shivering glass as a girandole crashed from its joining met their ears.

Generally they assumed the girandole shape hung with pear-shaped pendants.

They were the only tenants of the room, which was small, cedar-panelled and lighted by a girandole of sparkling crystal.

The empanelled walls were white, with here a gilt mirror, flanked on either side by a girandole in ormolu.

I have seen a set of cut-glass sent to Calcutta for the purpose, or a girandole, too handsome for Brazilian purchasers.