earletn.

Brit.

/ˈɪəlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rlət/

Forms: 1600s earlette, 1600s– earlet.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ear n.¹, -let suffix.

Etymology: < ear n.¹ + -let suffix, partly after French oreillette pendant earring (1505 in Middle French), chamber of the heart (1654), attachment to a church bell (1831 in this sense in the passage translated in quot. 1833 at sense 2d: see oreillet n.), and partly after classical Latin auricula auricle n. In sense 1 perhaps partly also after bracelet n., armlet n., etc. Compare earlier earling n.

†1. An earring. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the ear > [noun]

earringOE

earlet1610

ear-bob1648

top1703

rose drop1707

ear-drop1720

snap1748

ear hoop1779

ear stud1817

ear-plug1820

girandole1825

stud1831

stud earring1873

ear-piercing1896

sleeper1896

pierced earring1914

earclip1940

keeper1960

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Prov. xxv. 12 A golden earlet [L. inauris].

1846 Tudor Sisters I. xii. 314 Ten silver groats I'll give to thee..And earlets fair and bonny.

1863 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 2 158 Broad ring; may be an earlet, an inch and a half in diameter.

2. A thing resembling a small ear.

†a. In the heart: = auricle n. 3. Cf. ear n.¹ 8. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [noun] > auricle

eara1398

deaf-ear1615

earlet1659

auricle1664

1659 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Thirteen Bks. Nat. Philos. viii. ii. 406 Besides the Ventricles which draw the Blood, on each side at the Basis of the Heart there are two notable cavities, ending into the upper part of the Ventricles, which by a peculiar motion of their own do draw to themselves Air to cherish the Spirits and fan the vital Heat, which are termed the Hearts Earlets [L. auriculas cordis].

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. iii. 30 There belong also to the Heart two Auricles, or Earlets.

1789 W. Merrick Classical Farrier (ed. 2) 98 When the heart is contracted, the earlets are dilated.

†b. Botany. A small ear-like process or lobe. Cf. auricle n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > lobe or division

clefta1398

fissure1656

lacinia1668

segment1713

lobe1731

earlet1787

1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 166 Anthers obtuse, arrow'd with gaping, nodding earlets [L. auriculis].

1816 Bot. Reg. 2 128 Two lower petals..with a small earlet or lobe on their lower edge.

c. Zoology. The tragus of a bat's ear, esp. when in the form of an erect fleshy structure in front of the pinna.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > parts of

earlet1829

finger1883

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > prominence on inner ear

earlet1829

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] > tragus or antitragus

tragus1615

earlet1829

antitragus1842

1829 London Encycl. XXII. 738/2 V[espertilio] pipistrellus..has the ears and earlets triangular.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1072/1 Ears large, the tragus or earlet always existing.

1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 596/2 The ‘earlet’, or tragus, is generally large in the insectivorous bats but is never present in the Megachiroptera nor in the insectivorous Rhinolophidae.

2005 E. Firouz Compl. Fauna Iran 55/1 These [bats]..have no nose-leaf, a simple muzzle and no connecting membrane joining the ears and the earlets.

†d. Apparently: a small attachment to a church bell. Cf. ear n.¹ 7b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other parts

yokeOE

stirrup1341

cod1379

bell-string1464

frame1474

stock1474

ear1484

poop1507

bell-wheel1529

skirt1555

guarder1583

imp1595

tab1607

jennet1615

pluck1637

bell-rope1638

cagea1640

cannon1668

stilt1672

canon1688

crown1688

sound-bow1688

belfry1753

furniture1756

sounding bow1756

earlet1833

brima1849

busk-board1851

headstock1851

sally hole1851

slider1871

mushroom head1872

sally beam1872

pit1874

tolling-lever1874

sally-pin1879

sally-pulley1901

sally-wheel1901

1833 F. Shoberl tr. V. Hugo Hunchback of Notre-Dame iv. iii. 144 He seized the brazen monster by the earlets [Fr. oreillettes].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earlet
释义	earletn. Brit. /ˈɪəlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rlət/ Forms: 1600s earlette, 1600s– earlet. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ear n.¹, -let suffix. Etymology: < ear n.¹ + -let suffix, partly after French oreillette pendant earring (1505 in Middle French), chamber of the heart (1654), attachment to a church bell (1831 in this sense in the passage translated in quot. 1833 at sense 2d: see oreillet n.), and partly after classical Latin auricula auricle n. In sense 1 perhaps partly also after bracelet n., armlet n., etc. Compare earlier earling n. †1. An earring. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the ear > [noun] earringOE earlet1610 ear-bob1648 top1703 rose drop1707 ear-drop1720 snap1748 ear hoop1779 ear stud1817 ear-plug1820 girandole1825 stud1831 stud earring1873 ear-piercing1896 sleeper1896 pierced earring1914 earclip1940 keeper1960 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Prov. xxv. 12 A golden earlet [L. inauris]. 1846 Tudor Sisters I. xii. 314 Ten silver groats I'll give to thee..And earlets fair and bonny. 1863 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 2 158 Broad ring; may be an earlet, an inch and a half in diameter. 2. A thing resembling a small ear. †a. In the heart: = auricle n. 3. Cf. ear n.¹ 8. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [noun] > auricle eara1398 deaf-ear1615 earlet1659 auricle1664 1659 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Thirteen Bks. Nat. Philos. viii. ii. 406 Besides the Ventricles which draw the Blood, on each side at the Basis of the Heart there are two notable cavities, ending into the upper part of the Ventricles, which by a peculiar motion of their own do draw to themselves Air to cherish the Spirits and fan the vital Heat, which are termed the Hearts Earlets [L. auriculas cordis]. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. iii. 30 There belong also to the Heart two Auricles, or Earlets. 1789 W. Merrick Classical Farrier (ed. 2) 98 When the heart is contracted, the earlets are dilated. †b. Botany. A small ear-like process or lobe. Cf. auricle n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > lobe or division clefta1398 fissure1656 lacinia1668 segment1713 lobe1731 earlet1787 1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 166 Anthers obtuse, arrow'd with gaping, nodding earlets [L. auriculis]. 1816 Bot. Reg. 2 128 Two lower petals..with a small earlet or lobe on their lower edge. c. Zoology. The tragus of a bat's ear, esp. when in the form of an erect fleshy structure in front of the pinna. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > parts of earlet1829 finger1883 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > prominence on inner ear earlet1829 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] > tragus or antitragus tragus1615 earlet1829 antitragus1842 1829 London Encycl. XXII. 738/2 V[espertilio] pipistrellus..has the ears and earlets triangular. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1072/1 Ears large, the tragus or earlet always existing. 1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 596/2 The ‘earlet’, or tragus, is generally large in the insectivorous bats but is never present in the Megachiroptera nor in the insectivorous Rhinolophidae. 2005 E. Firouz Compl. Fauna Iran 55/1 These [bats]..have no nose-leaf, a simple muzzle and no connecting membrane joining the ears and the earlets. †d. Apparently: a small attachment to a church bell. Cf. ear n.¹ 7b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other parts yokeOE stirrup1341 cod1379 bell-string1464 frame1474 stock1474 ear1484 poop1507 bell-wheel1529 skirt1555 guarder1583 imp1595 tab1607 jennet1615 pluck1637 bell-rope1638 cagea1640 cannon1668 stilt1672 canon1688 crown1688 sound-bow1688 belfry1753 furniture1756 sounding bow1756 earlet1833 brima1849 busk-board1851 headstock1851 sally hole1851 slider1871 mushroom head1872 sally beam1872 pit1874 tolling-lever1874 sally-pin1879 sally-pulley1901 sally-wheel1901 1833 F. Shoberl tr. V. Hugo Hunchback of Notre-Dame iv. iii. 144 He seized the brazen monster by the earlets [Fr. oreillettes]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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