单词 | angelet |
释义 | angeletn. 1. A gold coin formerly used in England, worth half an angel (angel n. 10). historical after mid 17th cent.The precise value of the angelet differed over time with that of the angel (see angel n. 10). It was first coined by Edward IV in 1465 and was last coined by Charles I. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > noble or angel > half-noble or -angel angelet1469 half-noble1480 half-angel1503 mail noble1884 1469 in Archaeologia (1806) 15 167 (MED) The Vth money of gold called an angelet of gold, which shalbe half the aungell aforeseid, rennyng the pece for iii s. iiii d. of sterlings. 1551 Proclam. Edward VI in C. Wriothesley Chron. (1877) II. viii. 59 The third peece called an angelett of fine gould of fiue shillinges. a1649 W. Yonge Diary (1848) 18 Flear's wife offered one of them one hundred angeletts to let him escape. 1763 T. Snelling View Gold Coin Eng. 20 This queen [sc. Elizabeth I] coined the Angel, Anglet, and quarter Angel, all of which have the usual type of St. Michael and the dragon on their obverse. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. at Angel The Angelets of Edward IV...have on the reverse, O crvx ave spes unica. 1992 Coin Monthly Feb. 43/1 The half-angel, or angelet, followed a similar pattern in its obverse and reverse designs. 2. a. A small or minor angel; a cherub. Also: a representation of such a being. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > order of > cherubim > cherub cherub1382 angelet1578 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie iv. 227 Shee seemed rather some Angelet [Fr. Angelette] made by God miraculouslye, than a maiden borne of any mortall woman. a1610 N. Pownall Young Divines Apologie (1612) 17 Those little statues, or angelets that we often see affixed to the pillers of our Churches. 1828 C. Lamb Child Angel in Elia 2nd Ser. 159 The Angelet sprang forth, fluttering its rudiments of pinions. 1910 I. Zangwill Ital. Fantasies 290 If I had ever been inclined to underrate the artistic significance of the nude, I should have been converted by the full-dressed angelets of Borgognone's Gesù Moriente. 1997 Cincinnati Mag. Jan. 20/6 The presepio certainly had angels—plump cherubim, lithe seraphim, majestic archangels and minor angelets. b. A person likened to a little angel; a beautiful, sweetly innocent, or very well-behaved child. Cf. angel n. 6, cherub n. 3c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] wenchelc890 childeOE littleOE littlingOE hired-childc1275 smalla1300 brolla1325 innocentc1325 chickc1330 congeonc1330 impc1380 faunt1382 young onec1384 scionc1390 weea1400 birdc1405 chickenc1440 enfaunta1475 small boyc1475 whelp1483 burden1490 little one1509 brat?a1513 younkerkin1528 kitling1541 urchin1556 loneling1579 breed1586 budling1587 pledge?1587 ragazzo1591 simplicity1592 bantling1593 tadpole1594 two-year-old1594 bratcheta1600 lambkin1600 younker1601 dandling1611 buda1616 eyas-musketa1616 dovelinga1618 whelplinga1618 puppet1623 butter printa1625 chit1625 piggy1625 ninnyc1626 youngster1633 fairya1635 lap-child1655 chitterling1675 squeaker1676 cherub1680 kid1690 wean1692 kinchin1699 getlingc1700 totum17.. charity-child1723 small girl1734 poult1739 elfin1748 piggy-wiggy1766 piccaninny1774 suck-thumb18.. teeny1802 olive1803 sprout1813 stumpie1820 sexennarian1821 totty1822 toddle1825 toddles1828 poppet1830 brancher1833 toad1836 toddler1837 ankle-biter1840 yarkera1842 twopenny1844 weeny1844 tottykins1849 toddlekins1852 brattock1858 nipper1859 sprat1860 ninepins1862 angelet1868 tenas man1870 tad1877 tacker1885 chavvy1886 joey1887 toddleskin1890 thumb-sucker1891 littlie1893 peewee1894 tyke1894 che-ild1896 kiddo1896 mother's bairn1896 childling1903 kipper1905 pick1905 small1907 God forbid1909 preadolescent1909 subadolescent1914 toto1914 snookums1919 tweenie1919 problem child1920 squirt1924 trottie1924 tiddler1927 subteen1929 perisher1935 poopsie1937 pre-schooler1937 pre-teen1938 pre-teener1940 juvie1941 sprog1944 pikkie1945 subteenager1947 pre-teenager1948 pint-size1954 saucepan lid1960 rug rat1964 smallie1984 bosom-child- 1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer III. 133 Smiling, as if she rejoiced in the idea of taming the little wild angelets. c1895 in K. Bagnell Little Immigrants (1980) iii. 69 In Hamilton, the Spectator, reporting the outcome of the trial, said: ‘Canada may need immigrants, but we are quite sure that she can spend her money for immigration purposes to better advantage than on the importation of gutter angelets’. 1906 T. Wright Life R. Burton I. 51 Nor was the sister an angelet. 1954 Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) 20 Dec. 11/1 (advt.) Gift delights in miniature for little ‘angelets’ you know. Christmas was made for gifting the young. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1469 |
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