Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Acrobat

Ac′robat

means one who goes on his extremities , or uses only the tips of his fingers and toes in moving about. (It is from the two Greek words, akros baino, to go on the extremities of one's limbs.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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