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devilet|ˈdɛv(ə)lɪt|
[f. devil + -et1.]
1. A little devil, in various senses.
1794Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 135 To meet the Printer's dev'let face to face. 1841De Quincey Homer Wks. 1862 V. 297 To the derision of all critics, compositors, pressmen, devils, and devillets. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg., Truants, And pray now what were these devilets call'd? These three little fiends so gay! c1876Sir R. Burton in Lady Burton Life (1893) I. 21 We boys became perfect devilets.
2. The Swift; = deviling 2.
1828Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 277 The long-winged legless black devilet, that, if it falls to the ground, cannot rise again. 1828Southey in Q. Rev. XXXVIII. 238 The merry Dominican..continued to eat devilets on fast days. |