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twiglet en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *twīgą Proto-West Germanic *twīg Old English twiġ Middle English twig English twig Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English twiglet From twig + -let.

Meanings

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? 1999, Werner R. Loewenstein, The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life:
   • She pushed her glasses back up to the bridge of her nose and leaned back on her twiglet arms. 2015, Nadia Espley, Lieblings:

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