Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cassolette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cas-so-lette
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A box or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

Countable

noun

The natural scent of a woman.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Far aloft, over the Altar of the Fatherland, on their tall crane standards of iron, swing pensile our antique Cassolettes or Pans of Incense; dispensing sweet incense-fumes[.]"
"“Don't you like the word cassolette, Julian?” He supposed Thayer thought she was being clever. Cassolette was also a reference to the natural fragrance of a woman."
"I know you're in a hurry to find out about cassolette, but please first note that “if you use your palm, rub it over your own and your partner's armpit area first.”"
"I'm still bemused by the original "cassolette", which turns out to be "the natural perfume of a clean woman: her greatest natural asset after her beauty", and definitely not to be confused with a small hotpot."

Etymology

From French cassolette, from Spanish cazoleta (“pan”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cassolette, cazoleta

Usage

Inflected Forms

cassolettes (plural)

Questions

What does cassolette mean?: A box or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.
Where does cassolette come from?: It is traced to French.

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