circulet

English

Noun

circulet (plural circulets)

Obsolete form of circlet.
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
  The lyon now doth take the most delight;
  But chieflie ioyes on foote them to beholde,
  Enchaste with chaine and circulet of golde

References

“circulet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

circulet

third-person singular present active subjunctive of circulō

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