a. Obs. rare. [f. L. fūnambul-us (see FUNAMBULE sb.) + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to a rope-walker.

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1672.  Sir T. Browne, Lett. Friend (1690), 9. Tread softly and circumspectly in this funambulous Track and narrow Path of Goodness [cf. quot. 1682 in FUNAMBULATORY].

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