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circlet

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cir⋅clet

[sur-klit]
–noun
1. a small circle.
2. a ring.
3. a ring-shaped ornament, esp. for the head.

Origin:
1475–85; circle + -et; r. late ME serclett < MF
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cir·clet   (sûr'klĭt)   
n.  A small circle, especially a circular ornament.

[Middle English cerclet, from Old French, diminutive of cercle, circle; see circle.]
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