factette

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noun

A small snippet of true information. A minor fact.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounfactette (plural factettes)

plural factettes

  1. informalA small snippet of true information. A minor fact.

    The interesting factette to emerge from the wreckage is that the Co-op group paid out £150,000 for unfair dismissal to [a] former employee.

    2003 August 7, Richard Adams, “City Diary”, in The Guardian

Origin

* from fact + -ette

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Cite this entry
APA

factette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factette

MLA

“factette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “factette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factette.

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