Adlet
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small advertisement.
"Many ambitious men have used these adlets to better their positions and incomes."
- 2 A cryptid in Inuit mythology and folklore in Canada and Greenland, a tall, dog-legged humanoid (sometimes identified with inland Native Americans).
"Adlets are wont to hunt on all fours, and so were born stories of giant black dogs that accost travelers."
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of adlet (“half-human, half-dog cryptid”). alt-of
- 4 A small app or active document that can be embedded in a Web page.
"5 Merging of Adlets Adlets move from sites to sites to seek out new adlets or active documents, announce its own presence and collect information. In its movement adlets behave like magnets. An adlet or a collection of adlets can attract other ..."
Example
More examples"Many ambitious men have used these adlets to better their positions and incomes."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From ad + -let.
Etymology 2
From Inuktitut.
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