snippet

[snip-it] Origin

snip·pet

[snip-it]
noun
1.
a small piece snipped off; a small bit, scrap, or fragment: an anthology of snippets.
2.
Informal. a small or insignificant person.

Origin:
1655–65; snip + -et
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Snippet is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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snippet (ˈsnɪpɪt)
 
n
a small scrap or fragment
 
[C17: from snip + -et]
 
'snippetiness
 
n
 
'snippety
 
adj

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snippet
1664, diminutive form of snip (q.v.).
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