Noun: doublet
| Singular | doublet |
| Plural | doublets |
Sample Sentences
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The doublet generally used is that invented by Dr. Wollaston, and consists of two plano-convex lenses placed with their convex sides towards the eye […] [1855, Hermann Schacht, Frederick Currey, The Microscope:]
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to throw doublets
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I must comfort the weaker vessel, as
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doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat […] [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], lines 726-27:]
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Expression is the dress of thought, and still
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Appears more decent, as more suitable;
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A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,
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Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd:
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[…]
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These sparks with awkward vanity display
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What the fine gentleman wore yesterday;
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And but so mimic ancient wits at best,
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As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest. [1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, lines 316-19, 327-30:]
Nouns inflected like doublet
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English doublet, a borrowing from Old French doublet, from double, duble, doble + -et. Equivalent to double + -et (diminutive suffix) See: Middle English Nouns '
doublet'.
Verbs referencing "doublet"
Czech Nouns
dubleta, Slovak Nouns
dubleta.