circulet

English

Noun

circulet (plural circulets)

1. 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

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of circulō