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angelet|ˈeɪndʒəlɪt|
Also 5–6 -elett, 5–7 -ellet.
[a. OFr. angelet = It. angeletto, dim. of angelo angel n.; cf. eaglet.]
†1. A gold coin, half the value of the angel. Obs.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. 284 My Lord sent home to my Lady in angelletes..x li. 1551Procl. Edw. VI in Wriothesley Chron. II. 59 The third peece called an angelett of fine gould of fiue shillinges. 1608W. Yonge Diary (1848) 18 Flear's wife offered one of them one hundred angeletts to let him escape. 1707Fleetwood Chron. Precios. 21 It appears that Angelets were the same with Half-Angels. 1834Penny Cycl. s.v. Angel, The Angelets of Edward IV...have on the reverse, O crvx ave spes unica.
2. A little angel, a cherub; fig. a pretty child.
1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. xxii. (1865) 387 The Angelet sprang forth, fluttering its rudiments of pinions. 1868G. Macdonald Rob. Falc. III. 133 Smiling, as if she rejoiced in the idea of taming the little wild angelets. |