circlet
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French cerclet, diminutive of cercle.
Noun
circlet (plural circlets)
- A small circle.
- A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head
- A crown without arches or a covering.
- Spenser
- Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled.
- Spenser
- A round body; an orb.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
- Milton
- Fairest of stars […] that crown'st the smiling morn / With thy bright circlet.
- (UK, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
a small circle
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ornament worn on the head
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a crown without arches or a covering
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