rivulet
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rivulet
- /ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/ UK
- /ˈɹɪv.jə.lət/ US
Where it comes from
From Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo (“trickle, little stream”), diminutive of rivo (“stream, brook, creek”), ultimately from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus. By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -ule + -et.
noun rivulets
- A small stream; a streamlet; a gill. A rivulet of tears ran down his face.
- Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.
