phraseletn.
/ˈfreɪzlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfreɪzlᵻt/ rare.
A short phrase.
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1925 P. A. Scholes 2nd Bk. Gramophone Rec. 86 The Clarinet repeats its last phraselet.
1988 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 108 41 The tragic poet composes by gathering and combining such delightful little phraselets.
1999 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 15 May 8 A quirky melodic style in which tunes double-back unexpectedly, repeat a phraselet or two and then set off on tangents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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