roundlet

American  

[round-lit] / ˈraʊnd lɪt /

noun

1. a small circle or circular object.

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roundlet British  

/ ˈraʊndlɪt /

noun

1. literary  a small circle

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Etymology

Origin of roundlet

1350–1400; Middle English rondlet < Middle French rondelet; roundelay

Example Sentences

The reason why it assumed a phallic character in the locality which gives it its name, is not perhaps clear, but the study of Assyrian antiquities has revealed the meaning attached to it in the palmy days of Nineveh and Babylon; it referred to the four great gods of the Assyrian pantheon—Ra, and the first triad—Ana, Belus, and Hea; and when inserted in a roundlet, as may be seen in the British Museum, it signified Sansi, or the sun ruling the earth as well as the heavens.

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We have arrived by now, quite naturally, at the roundlet.

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Also we see the new ideas for the priest-cropped hair and the roundlet hat.

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I am about to run the risk of displeasure in repeating to some extent what I have already written about the chaperon, the hood, and the other ancestors and descendants of the roundlet.

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Upon the ground is his roundlet, a hat derived from the twisted chaperon of Richard II.’s day.

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