encirclet

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noun

A small circle; a ringlet.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounencirclet (plural encirclets)

plural encirclets

  1. obsoleteA small circle; a ringlet.

    So that therein appears some blood, Like wine and milk that mingled stood, In whose encirclets if ye gaze, Your eyes may tread a lover's maze

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC

Origin

From encircle + -let.

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encirclet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encirclet

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“encirclet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encirclet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encirclet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encirclet.

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