stylet
nounEtymology From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto. By surface analysis, style + -et.
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An engraving tool, a stylus.
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Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry A poniard or stiletto.
- Even octopuses without stylets almost certainly retain the molecular machinery necessary to build them.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 120:
- Derived terms
- styletiform, styletted