lime|light

lime|light
lime|light «LYM LYT», noun, verb, -light|ed or -lit, -light|ing.
–n.
1. the center of public interest or glare of public attention: »

Some people are never happy unless they are in the limelight showing off. German bonds took the limelight in the foreign land market (London Times).

2. a) a strong light thrown upon the stage of a theater to light up certain persons or objects and draw attention to them; oxycalcium light; calcium light. b) the fixture used to produce such a stage light by directing an oxyhydrogen flame against a block of lime. c) the part of the stage thus lighted, usually the center.
–v.t.
to illuminate by or as if by limelight; make the center of attention: »

Louis MacNiece was a poet's poet. He never sought the easy limelit road to a mass audience (London Times).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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