ˈflamelet [f. as prec. + -let.] A small flame. 1849Longfellow By the Fireside, K. Witlaf's Drinking-Horn viii. 3 The flamelets flapped and flickered.1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) II. iv. ii. 251 Upon our phalanx' shining lances A nimble host of flamelets dances.