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Ringlet

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small ring.
  2. 2
    any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae wordnet
  3. 3
    A lock, tress.

    "Her hair was in ringlets."

  4. 4
    a little ring wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.
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  1. 6
    lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl wordnet
  2. 7
    a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To form into ringlets. transitive

    ""It's very becoming!" said Pollie coaxingly, taking his curly head, which she had been brushing and ringleting for the last half hour, all damp, into her arms."

  2. 2
    To surround or encircle like a ringlet. transitive

    "I think now that if it had gripped me with those suckers, I would have gone out into the mist too. But it didn't. It grabbed Norm. And the third tentacle ringleted his other ankle. Now he was being pulled away from me."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).

Etymology 2

From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).

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