factette

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factette (plural factettes)

  1. (informal) A small snippet of true information. A minor fact.
    • 2003 August 7, Richard Adams, “City Diary”, in The Guardian:
      The interesting factette to emerge from the wreckage is that the Co-op group paid out £150,000 for unfair dismissal to [a] former employee.