signet
English
Etymology
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From Old French signet (“small seal”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin signētum, diminutive of Latin signum (“sign”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
signet (plural signets)
- an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin
- c.1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet
- I had my father's signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal
- 1844, Robert Browning, "The Labratory"
- To carry pure death in an earring, a casket,
- A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!
- c.1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Translations
object used to impress a picture into sealing wax
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Related terms
See also
- Wikipedia article on Seal (device)
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
signet m (plural signets)
- bookmark (strip used to mark a place in a book)
Further reading
- “signet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) sīgnet
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