stylet

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noun

An engraving tool, a stylus.

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style
OriginFrench stylet ← Middle French stile ← Italian stiletto →
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Meanings

nounstylet (plural stylets)

plural stylets · alternative stilet

  1. An engraving tool, a stylus.
  2. biologyA style of a plant's flower.
  3. medicineA slender medical probe or device.

    Synonyms: style

  4. engineeringA poniard or stiletto.
  5. biologyA stiff, slender organ of an animal.

    Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.

    2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 120

    Synonyms: style

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA slender medical probe or device.

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style

nounA stiff, slender organ of an animal.

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style
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style

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  2. Proto-Italic*stiglos?
  3. Latinstilu
  4. Italianstilo
  5. Italianstiletto
  6. Middle Frenchstilet
  7. Frenchstylet
  8. Middle Frenchstile
  9. Frenchstyle
  10. Frenchstylet
  11. Englishstylet

From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto and stilet. By surface analysis, style + -et.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stylet

pilotvioletisleteyeletcopilotpilatepieletskylit
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