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giftlet

noun
/ˈɡɪftlət/UK

Etymology

From gift + -let.

  1. inherited from *giftiz✻ — “gift”
  2. derived from gipt — “gift, present, wedding”
  3. inherited from ġift
  4. inherited from gift
  5. suffixed as giftlet — “gift + let”

Definitions

  1. A small gift.

    • There is […] a number of plastic dolls in blonde wigs and kilts brought back as giftlets for my now deceased aunt by cronies who tripped off to other parts of Scotland for wee holidays.
    • Yet the giftlets she offered the gods, the vows she pledged / with silent lips—these were not in vain, not unpleasing.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA