pointletn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪntlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪntlət/

Forms: 1500s pointelet, 1500s 1800s– pointlet.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: point n.¹, -let suffix.

Etymology: < point n.¹ + -let suffix.

A small point. In later use chiefly spec. (Botany): the tip of a leaf.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [noun] > a point > small

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a1552 J. Leland Itin. (1907) I. 223 This toun standith as a pointelet into the haven... Bytwixt Downesend and a pointlet caullid Wereford is a litle bay.

1831 J. Ruskin Poems (1891) I. 66 A range of huge mountains rose sheer from its verge, And into the lake their steep pointlets they urge.

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xii Below were tassels, tufts, and pointlets.

1875 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 282 Hark! their barbèd pointlets ring In my quiver crystal-clear.

1929 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 16 469 In this stage, the laminar primordium is visible only as a small pointlet.

1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) i. 44/1 This leaf, and the phyllodes, and the intermediate forms, bear a minute terminal ‘pointlet’, representing the distal oldest end of the leaf.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pointlet
释义	pointletn. Brit. /ˈpɔɪntlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪntlət/ Forms: 1500s pointelet, 1500s 1800s– pointlet. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: point n.¹, -let suffix. Etymology: < point n.¹ + -let suffix. A small point. In later use chiefly spec. (Botany): the tip of a leaf. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [noun] > a point > small pointleta1552 a1552 J. Leland Itin. (1907) I. 223 This toun standith as a pointelet into the haven... Bytwixt Downesend and a pointlet caullid Wereford is a litle bay. 1831 J. Ruskin Poems (1891) I. 66 A range of huge mountains rose sheer from its verge, And into the lake their steep pointlets they urge. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xii Below were tassels, tufts, and pointlets. 1875 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 282 Hark! their barbèd pointlets ring In my quiver crystal-clear. 1929 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 16 469 In this stage, the laminar primordium is visible only as a small pointlet. 1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) i. 44/1 This leaf, and the phyllodes, and the intermediate forms, bear a minute terminal ‘pointlet’, representing the distal oldest end of the leaf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1552
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