rivulet
/ˈɹɪv.jə.lət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.
Example Sentences
- "A rivulet of tears ran down his face."
- "Yes Madam I think you will like them—when you shall see in a beautiful Quarto Page how a neat rivulet of Text shall meander thro' a meadow of margin—'fore Gad, they will be the most elegant Things of their kind—"
- "The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground."
- "Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets."
Etymology
From Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo (“trickle, little stream”), diminutive of rivo (“stream, brook, creek”), ultimately from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus. By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -ule + -et.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rivoletto, rīvulus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɪv.jə.lət/
- British English: /ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/