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单词 muletto
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muletton.

Forms: 1600s muleto, 1700s muletto.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Spanish. Probably partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Spanish muleto; Italian muletto.
Etymology: Probably partly < Spanish muleto (late 13th cent.; < mulo mule n.1 + -eto , diminutive suffix; compare -et suffix1), and partly < Italian muletto (1598 in Florio; < mulo mule n.1 + -etto , diminutive suffix; compare -et suffix1). Compare earlier mulet n.
Obsolete. rare.
A mule; esp. a small one.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Muleto, a Moil or great Mule, a beast much used in France for carrying Sumpters, &c. It may also be taken for a diminutive of (Mule) and so signifies a little Mule.
1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. vii. 50 A Muletto, very gently, put his Head into the Doorway.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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