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Webster 1913 Edition


Ringlet

Ring′let

,
Noun.
[
Ring
+
-let
.]
1.
A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
You demi-puppets, that
By moonshine do the green sour
ringlets
make,
Whereof the ewe not bites.
Shakespeare
2.
A curl; especially, a curl of hair.
[Her golden tresses] in wanton
ringlets
waved.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ringlet

RING'LET

,
Noun.
1.
A small ring.
2.
A curl; particularly, a curl of hair.
Her golden tresses in wanton ringlets wav'd
3.
A circle.
To dance our ringlets in the whistling wind.

Definition 2024


ringlet

ringlet

English

Noun

ringlet (plural ringlets)

  1. A small ring.
  2. A lock, tress.
    Her hair was in ringlets.
    • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
      She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.
  3. A brown butterfly with numerous small rings on under wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.

Translations


German

Verb

ringlet

  1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of ringeln.