rubelet en · NOUN
Etymology
From ruby + -let.
Meanings
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(nonce-word, obsolete) A little ruby.
About the Cover of this Book there vvent / A curious-comely clean Compartlement: / And, in the midſt, to grace it more, vvas ſet / A bluſhing-pretty-peeping Rubelet: […]
1648, Robert Herrick, “To His Closet-Gods”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 267:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubelets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |