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ringlet

Pronunciation: /ˈrɪŋlɪt/

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Definition of ringlet

noun

  • 1a lock of hair hanging in a corkscrew-shaped curl: her hair fell loose in ringlets
  • 2a brown butterfly with wings bearing eyespots.
    • Aphantopus, Erebia, and other genera in the subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae: several species

Derivatives

ringletted

(also ringleted) adjective

ringlet in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of ringlet in the US English dictionary