Definitions
a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
Word origin
From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”).
Used in a sentence
“The circus will be in town next week.”
“Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.”
“The village would be turned into a circus over this. He groaned, it was just the sort of case the media had a field day over. He had to get the whole thing sorted fast before anyone got wind of it.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Show with acrobats”6 letters
02“Ring performance”6 letters
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