[a. F. lampion, ad. It. lampione carriage or street lamp, augmentative of lampa LAMP sb.] A pot or cup, often of colored glass, containing oil or grease with a wick, used in illuminations.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, lxiii. At the French Chancellerie they had six more lampions in their illumination than ours had.
1855. Browning, Men & Wom., Respectability, iii. Eh! down in the Court three lampions flare—Put forward your best foot!
1889. G. W. Cable, Stories of Louisiana, 110. Hidden among the leaves were millions of fantastically colored lampions seeming like so many glow-worms.
