foliot

F4O1L1I1O1T1
/ˈfəʊliət/

noun

Part of the verge escapement in early clocks.

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Meanings

nounfoliot (plural foliots)

plural foliots

  1. Part of the verge escapement in early clocks.
  2. A creature from Italian folklore that makes noises and flings objects about.

    Terrestrial devils are those lares, genii, faunes, satyrs, wood-nymphs, foliots, fairies[…]

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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