bioscope

[ bahy-uh-skohp ]

noun

1. an early form of motion-picture projector, used about 1900.

bioscope

/ ˈbaɪəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. a kind of early film projector
2. a South African word for cinema

Word History and Origins

Origin of bioscope¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; bio- + -scope

Example Sentences

“Are you not glad that our village is no longer a clump of huts but a small town? Soon there will be shops and tea stalls, and even a bioscope, such as I have been to before I was married. You will see.”

From Literature

Machen said the same had happened in South Africa, whose old bioscopes have closed down and where now all but two cinemas are in shopping malls, the exceptions being Cape Town’s Labia and Johannesburg’s Bioscope.

From The Guardian

I no longer spent all my time playing soccer or fighting in gangs or hunting for money to go to the Bioscope.

From Literature

“He keeps order in the Bioscope. If you don’t shut up, he’ll give you the hot five.”

From Literature

King’s Bioscope went out of its way to cater to our voracious appetite, it seemed, for almost always the movies shown were violent ones.

From Literature