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单词 angelet
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angeletn.

Brit. /ˈeɪn(d)ʒəlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈeɪndʒələt/
Forms: late Middle English anngelet, late Middle English aungelet, late Middle English–1600s angellet, late Middle English– angelet, 1500s–1600s angelett, 1700s anglet. N.E.D. (1884) also records a form late Middle English angelett.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: angel n., -et suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < angel n. + -et suffix1.With sense 1 compare post-classical Latin angelettus half-angel coin (1532 in a British source; < English). In sense 2a originally after Middle French angelette small angel (13th cent. in Old French, in later use also as a term of endearment for a child). Compare Old French, Middle French angelet, in the same sense (13th cent.).
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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