Dictionary

giftlet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɪftlət/ (UK)

Etymology

From gift + -let.

Meanings

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. 1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 19:
   • Yet the giftlets she offered the gods, the vows she pledged / with silent lips—these were not in vain, not unpleasing. 2005, Catullus, translated by Peter Green, Poems, page 139:

Forms

Synonyms

giftling