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twiglet

noun

Etymology

From twig + -let.

  1. inherited from *dweygʰom✻
  2. inherited from *twīgą✻
  3. derived from *twig✻ — “branch, twig”
  4. inherited from *twiggu✻ — “small twig, shoot”
  5. inherited from twicg
  6. inherited from twig
  7. suffixed as twiglet — “twig + let”

Definitions

  1. A small twig.

    • But what of the beginnings—to come back to the question—the first stirrings in the biological twiglet of evolution, when that splendid solid-state apparatus had not yet developed and a few smallish organic molecules were all that was?
    • She pushed her glasses back up to the bridge of her nose and leaned back on her twiglet arms.

The neighborhood

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