† roiteletn.

Forms: 1500s roytelete, 1500s–1800s roitelet, 1600s–1800s roytelet, 1600s–1800s roytolet, 1700s roitolet, 1700s roytelett.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French roitelet.

Etymology: < Middle French roytelet, Middle French, French roitelet (1588; 1312 in Old French as reytelet ) < Old French reytel minor sovereign (1312; 12th cent. as roitel ; < roi roy n.² + -tel ) + -et -et suffix¹. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (roi·tĕlet, ‖rwat'le) /ˈrɔɪtəlɛt/, /rwatle/.

depreciative. Obsolete.

A minor or insignificant king.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] > petty king

regulusa1513

roitelet?1592

kinglet1603

kingling1605

toparch1640

royalet1650

roylet1658

?1592 F. Bacon in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Eliz. Eng. (1974) I. 48 France is turned vpsyde downe, the subiect against the kinge,..a cuntry of Rodomontes & Royteletes.

1598 Riddles of Heraclitus & Democritus sig. *4 Let it therefore tax and reprehend, roitelets, dukes and potentates, for their diuisions: aduocates for their iniustice: and women for their impudence, onely in Italie.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 67 To their gentlemen they carrie a verie dutifull regard,..holding them as Roytelets, because they know no greater.

1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie ii. ii. 58 It being probable that there were other petty Kings and Roytelets aswell as he.

1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 96 Those who have..obtain'd the favor of their petty royteletts.

1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) III. iv. iii. 30 The difference between an Egyptian monarch, and a petty roitolet of the Philistines.

1815 J. C. Hobhouse Substance Lett. (1816) I. 154 Even the roitelets of Palermo, Brussels, Stockholm, and Stutgard, may have each an advocate at the Cabinet of St. James's.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. ii. 82 The endless small bickerings..of counts and dukes and roitelets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	roitelet
释义	† roiteletn. Forms: 1500s roytelete, 1500s–1800s roitelet, 1600s–1800s roytelet, 1600s–1800s roytolet, 1700s roitolet, 1700s roytelett. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French roitelet. Etymology: < Middle French roytelet, Middle French, French roitelet (1588; 1312 in Old French as reytelet ) < Old French reytel minor sovereign (1312; 12th cent. as roitel ; < roi roy n.² + -tel ) + -et -et suffix¹. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (roi·tĕlet, ‖rwat'le) /ˈrɔɪtəlɛt/, /rwatle/. depreciative. Obsolete. A minor or insignificant king. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] > petty king regulusa1513 roitelet?1592 kinglet1603 kingling1605 toparch1640 royalet1650 roylet1658 ?1592 F. Bacon in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Eliz. Eng. (1974) I. 48 France is turned vpsyde downe, the subiect against the kinge,..a cuntry of Rodomontes & Royteletes. 1598 Riddles of Heraclitus & Democritus sig. 4 Let it therefore tax and reprehend, roitelets, dukes and potentates, for their diuisions: aduocates for their iniustice: and women for their impudence, onely in Italie. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall* i. f. 67 To their gentlemen they carrie a verie dutifull regard,..holding them as Roytelets, because they know no greater. 1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie ii. ii. 58 It being probable that there were other petty Kings and Roytelets aswell as he. 1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 96 Those who have..obtain'd the favor of their petty royteletts. 1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) III. iv. iii. 30 The difference between an Egyptian monarch, and a petty roitolet of the Philistines. 1815 J. C. Hobhouse Substance Lett. (1816) I. 154 Even the roitelets of Palermo, Brussels, Stockholm, and Stutgard, may have each an advocate at the Cabinet of St. James's. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. ii. 82 The endless small bickerings..of counts and dukes and roitelets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.?1592
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