limelight

WILD WORD FRIDAY!  Our word today is LIMELIGHT.  LIMELIGHT (as a compound word) has its genesis in the world of science.    Goldsworthy Gurney (1793-1875), a British surgeon and chemist, discovered the “LIMELIGHT effect,” which refers to the intense light that occurs when an oxyhydrogen flame intersects a cylinder of quicklime.  In 1837, to highlight performances London’s Covent Garden Theatre began…