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ficlet

ficlet noun: a short fic; a short piece of fan fiction or (less commonly) original fiction.

Noun

ficlet (plural ficlets)

  1. (slang) A short fic; a short piece of fan fiction or (less commonly) original fiction.

Forms of ficlet

pluralficlets

Origin of ficlet

From fic + -let.

Questions about ficlet

What does ficlet mean?
Ficlet means a short fic; a short piece of fan fiction or (less commonly) original fiction.
What part of speech is ficlet?
Ficlet is a noun.
What is the plural of ficlet?
The plural of ficlet is ficlets.

Words near ficlet in the dictionary

  1. Ficklin
  2. fickling
  3. Ficklings
  4. Ficklins
  5. fickly
  6. ficlet
  7. ficlets
  8. fico
  9. ficoes
  10. ficoidaceous
  11. ficolin

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