herblet
herblet noun: a small herb.
Noun
herblet (plural herblets)
- A small herb.
- The herbs that have on them cold dew o’ the night
Are strewings fitt’st for graves. Upon their faces.
You were as flowers, now wither’d: even so
These herblets shall, which we upon you strew.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard... - God shield ye, bright embroider’d train
Of butterflies, that, on the plain,
Of each sweet herblet sip;1822, Henry Francis Cary (translator), Ode, Book 4, No. 18, by Pierre de Ronsard, The London Magazine, Volume 5, June 1822, p. 510
- The herbs that have on them cold dew o’ the night
Forms of herblet
| plural | herblets |
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Origin of herblet
From herb + -let.
Questions about herblet
- What does herblet mean?
- Herblet means a small herb.
- What part of speech is herblet?
- Herblet is a noun.
- What is the plural of herblet?
- The plural of herblet is herblets.
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