Noun: stiletto
| Singular | stiletto |
| Plural | stilettos; stilettoes; stiletti |
Sample Sentences
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There the cause of death was soon ascertained; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which, I may tell you, was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. [1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC, section 1; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:]
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The very quaik of faſhions, the very hee that / VVeares a Steletto on his chinne. [c. 1635–1636 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Fancies, Chast and Noble: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, […], published 1638, →OCLC, Act III, page 32:]
Nouns inflected like stiletto
portico,
stiletto,
manifesto,
lazaretto,
capitano,
bravo,
cameo,
scudo,
intonaco,
duello,
ghetto,
fagotto,
casino,
trillo,
ridotto,
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet of stylet. See: Italian Nouns '
stiletto'.