kingletn.

Brit.

/ˈkɪŋlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈkɪŋlᵻt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: king n., -let suffix.

Etymology: < king n. + -let suffix. Compare earlier roitelet n.Originally after French roitelet minor king (see roitelet n.), also denoting a small bird (mid 15th cent. in Middle French). In sense 2 originally after Spanish reyezuelo (1607 or earlier in this sense). Compare post-classical Latin regulus wren (see regulus n.).

1. A minor or inferior king; (also) a king ruling over a small territory. Chiefly depreciative. Cf. kingling n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] > petty king

regulusa1513

roitelet?1592

kinglet1603

kingling1605

toparch1640

royalet1650

roylet1658

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 143 Cæsar termeth all the Lordes..to be Kinglets, or petie-kings [Fr. Roytelets; L. reguli].

1778 Hist. Cheshire II. 453 Ethelbald falls out with Cuthred (which is no news among these Saxon kinglets).

1789 T. Campbell Strictures on Eccl. & Lit. Hist. Ireland 315 The intestine commotions, as the kinglets were all Christians, did not affect the schools and monasteries.

1831 T. Carlyle Early German Lit. in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 198 Who..ventured into the field against even the greatest of these kinglets.

1882 Daily News 16 Aug. 5/2 The Zulu King is to be restored under conditions..the same as those that Sir Garnet Wolseley imposed upon his thirteen Kinglets.

1915 L. Segal Self-educator in Russ. ii. 137 This kinglet has a palace, and courtiers, and ministers, and bishops, and generals, and an army.

1949 O. Walker Proud Zulu (1951) 226 Hlubi, the Basuto ‘kinglet’ to the north also instituted a hut tax which he used for his own purposes.

2015 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 20 Oct. The man who relentlessly satirized kings, dukes, kinglets and such gaudy truck is welcomed with loving arms.

2. Originally: the goldcrest, Regulus regulus. In later use: any bird of the family Regulidae of small North American and Eurasian passerine birds, the males of which have colourful markings on the crowns of their heads.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Regulus > regulus regulus (goldcrest)

yellowbird1625

regulus1750

basilisk1753

marigold bird1772

nettle creeper1772

goldcrest1819

marigold finch1828

kinglet1835

woodcock pilot1871

thumb bird1885

tot-o'er-seas1885

herring spink1906

pope's eye1965

1835 Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 111 Why not translate the term into plain English, and call the bird golden crested kinglet?—a name, by the by, which it has received in nine languages.

1839 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds I. 318 The little Golden Crested Regulus, or Kinglet..has a soft and pleasing song.

1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Mar. 614/2 The golden-crested kinglet is a little mite of a bird.

1943 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 2 May in War within & Without (1980) 345 I see a kinglet and three different kinds of warblers.

2006 L. Beletsky Birds World 367 None of the kinglets are threatened; some are incredibly numerous forest birds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kinglet
释义	kingletn. Brit. /ˈkɪŋlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈkɪŋlᵻt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: king n., -let suffix. Etymology: < king n. + -let suffix. Compare earlier roitelet n.Originally after French roitelet minor king (see roitelet n.), also denoting a small bird (mid 15th cent. in Middle French). In sense 2 originally after Spanish reyezuelo (1607 or earlier in this sense). Compare post-classical Latin regulus wren (see regulus n.). 1. A minor or inferior king; (also) a king ruling over a small territory. Chiefly depreciative. Cf. kingling n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] > petty king regulusa1513 roitelet?1592 kinglet1603 kingling1605 toparch1640 royalet1650 roylet1658 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 143 Cæsar termeth all the Lordes..to be Kinglets, or petie-kings [Fr. Roytelets; L. reguli]. 1778 Hist. Cheshire II. 453 Ethelbald falls out with Cuthred (which is no news among these Saxon kinglets). 1789 T. Campbell Strictures on Eccl. & Lit. Hist. Ireland 315 The intestine commotions, as the kinglets were all Christians, did not affect the schools and monasteries. 1831 T. Carlyle Early German Lit. in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 198 Who..ventured into the field against even the greatest of these kinglets. 1882 Daily News 16 Aug. 5/2 The Zulu King is to be restored under conditions..the same as those that Sir Garnet Wolseley imposed upon his thirteen Kinglets. 1915 L. Segal Self-educator in Russ. ii. 137 This kinglet has a palace, and courtiers, and ministers, and bishops, and generals, and an army. 1949 O. Walker Proud Zulu (1951) 226 Hlubi, the Basuto ‘kinglet’ to the north also instituted a hut tax which he used for his own purposes. 2015 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 20 Oct. The man who relentlessly satirized kings, dukes, kinglets and such gaudy truck is welcomed with loving arms. 2. Originally: the goldcrest, Regulus regulus. In later use: any bird of the family Regulidae of small North American and Eurasian passerine birds, the males of which have colourful markings on the crowns of their heads. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Regulus > regulus regulus (goldcrest) yellowbird1625 regulus1750 basilisk1753 marigold bird1772 nettle creeper1772 goldcrest1819 marigold finch1828 kinglet1835 woodcock pilot1871 thumb bird1885 tot-o'er-seas1885 herring spink1906 pope's eye1965 1835 Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 111 Why not translate the term into plain English, and call the bird golden crested kinglet?—a name, by the by, which it has received in nine languages. 1839 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds I. 318 The little Golden Crested Regulus, or Kinglet..has a soft and pleasing song. 1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Mar. 614/2 The golden-crested kinglet is a little mite of a bird. 1943 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 2 May in War within & Without (1980) 345 I see a kinglet and three different kinds of warblers. 2006 L. Beletsky Birds World 367 None of the kinglets are threatened; some are incredibly numerous forest birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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