Whigletn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪɡlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪɡlᵻt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Whig n.², -let suffix.

Etymology: < Whig n.² + -let suffix. Compare Whigling n.

Often depreciative. Now historical and rare.

An insignificant, young, or minor member of the Whig Party or Whig society; = Whigling n.

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Whiglet1681

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1681 Heraclitus Ridens 4 Oct. 1/1 Some tolerable Reasons why the little Whiglets engag'd themselves in such an Affair.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 221 You have made some of the Radicals and Whiglets, both of Edinburgh and Glasgow, feel.

1869 Manch. Courier 8 Sept. 5/3 When Lord Palmerston made him Minister of War at about 30 he was thought to have indulged rather more flagrantly than usual in his penchant for aristocratic Whiglets.

1985 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 24 440 A fissure quickly yawned between the experienced Whigs, who feared antagonizing the king over what was really a minor misdemeanor, and the Whiglets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	whiglet
释义	Whigletn. Brit. /ˈwɪɡlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪɡlᵻt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Whig n.², -let suffix. Etymology: < Whig n.² + -let suffix. Compare Whigling n. Often depreciative. Now historical and rare. An insignificant, young, or minor member of the Whig Party or Whig society; = Whigling n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Whiggism > a Whig > small or petty Whiglet1681 Whigling1682 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 4 Oct. 1/1 Some tolerable Reasons why the little Whiglets engag'd themselves in such an Affair. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 221 You have made some of the Radicals and Whiglets, both of Edinburgh and Glasgow, feel. 1869 Manch. Courier 8 Sept. 5/3 When Lord Palmerston made him Minister of War at about 30 he was thought to have indulged rather more flagrantly than usual in his penchant for aristocratic Whiglets. 1985 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 24 440 A fissure quickly yawned between the experienced Whigs, who feared antagonizing the king over what was really a minor misdemeanor, and the Whiglets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1681
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