rippletn.

Brit.

/ˈrɪplᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈrɪplᵻt/

Forms: 1800s riplet, 1800s– ripplet.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple n.⁵, -et suffix¹.

Etymology: < ripple n.⁵ + -et suffix¹.

A small ripple; a wavelet.

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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > small wave or ripple

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ruffle1655

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ripple1785

ripplet1805

wavelet1813

pirl1817

wimple1845

riffle1925

ankle-slapper1991

1805 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1962) II. §2516 Tiny breezelets of surprize, each one destroying the ripplets which the former had made.

?1821 M. Shelley & P. B. Shelley Orpheus in N. Crook Bodleian Shelley MSS. (1991) XII. 21 Each riplet makes A many sided mirror for the sun.

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 144 While to her quays and wharves..Creep up the ripplets.

1880 Time 2 12 The broad, calm, and limpid river, with its riplets and currents.

1914 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Republican 25 July 12/3 Have you ever cast a pebble into a pond and then watched the first little ripplet spread into a boundless wave that finally touched the farthest shore?

1990 ‘J. Kincaid’ Lucy 148 There was nothing in the picture..except the water, its surface of uniformly shaped ripplets, its depths dark, treacherous, and uninviting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ripplet
释义	rippletn. Brit. /ˈrɪplᵻt/, U.S. /ˈrɪplᵻt/ Forms: 1800s riplet, 1800s– ripplet. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple n.⁵, -et suffix¹. Etymology: < ripple n.⁵ + -et suffix¹. A small ripple; a wavelet. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > small wave or ripple wrinkle1633 ruffle1655 curl1766 ripple1785 ripplet1805 wavelet1813 pirl1817 wimple1845 riffle1925 ankle-slapper1991 1805 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1962) II. §2516 Tiny breezelets of surprize, each one destroying the ripplets which the former had made. ?1821 M. Shelley & P. B. Shelley Orpheus in N. Crook Bodleian Shelley MSS. (1991) XII. 21 Each riplet makes A many sided mirror for the sun. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 144 While to her quays and wharves..Creep up the ripplets. 1880 Time 2 12 The broad, calm, and limpid river, with its riplets and currents. 1914 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Republican 25 July 12/3 Have you ever cast a pebble into a pond and then watched the first little ripplet spread into a boundless wave that finally touched the farthest shore? 1990 ‘J. Kincaid’ Lucy 148 There was nothing in the picture..except the water, its surface of uniformly shaped ripplets, its depths dark, treacherous, and uninviting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805
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