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stylet

Rhymes with -aɪlət

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From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto and stilet. By surface analysis, style + -et.

noun stylets · stilet

An engraving tool, a stylus.
A style of a plant's flower.
A slender medical probe or device.
Similar: style
A poniard or stiletto.
A stiff, slender organ of an animal. Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.
Similar: style

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@misc{stylet_2026,
  title = {stylet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stylet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}