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streamlet

noun
/ˈstɹiːmlət/UK

Etymology

From stream + -let.

  1. derived from *srew-✻
  2. inherited from *srowmos✻
  3. inherited from *straumaz✻
  4. inherited from *straum✻
  5. inherited from strēam
  6. inherited from streem
  7. suffixed as streamlet — “stream + let”

Definitions

  1. A small stream.

    • Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […]
    • [A] ſtreamlet inviting repoſe / Soft-murmuring vvanders avvay, […]
    • […] the eye, after poring over the unbounded expanse of the ocean, is releaved and delighted by a streamlet and a dell.

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