1. ringlet(n = noun.shape) coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, roll, scroll, whorl - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals);
is a kind of round shape
has particulars: corolla, calyx, verticil
2. ringlet(n = noun.body) curl, lock, whorl - a strand or cluster of hair;
is a kind of hair
is a part of coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
has particulars: sausage curl, forelock, crimp, dreadlock
3. ringlet(n = noun.artifact) - a small ring;
is a kind of band, ring
4. ringlet(n = noun.animal) ringlet butterfly - any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae;
is a kind of butterfly
is a member of family satyridae, satyridae
1. A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring. [1913 Webster]
"You demi-puppets, that
By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make,
Whereof the ewe not bites." [1913 Webster]
2. A curl; especially, a curl of hair. [1913 Webster]
"[Her golden tresses] in wanton ringlets waved." [1913 Webster]
ringlet, n.
1 a curly lock of hair, esp. a long one.
2 a butterfly, Aphantopus hyperantus, with spots on its wings.
Derivative:
ringleted adj. ringlety adj.
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.
N roughness, tooth, grain, texture, ripple, asperity, rugosity, salebrosity, corrugation, nodosity, arborescence, pilosity, brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet, fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi, lovelock, beaucatcher, curl paper, goatee, papillote, scalp lock, plumage, plumosity, plume, panache, crest, feather, tuft, fringe, toupee, wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down, byssus, moss, bur, fluff, knot (convolution), rough, uneven, scabrous, scaly, knotted, rugged, rugose, rugous, knurly, asperous, crisp, salebrous, gnarled, unpolished, unsmooth, roughhewn, craggy, cragged, crankling, scraggy, prickly, arborescent, leafy, well-wooded, feathery, plumose, plumigerous, laciniate, laciniform, laciniose, pappose, pileous, pilose, trichogenous, trichoid, tufted, fimbriated, hairy, ciliated, filamentous, hirsute, crinose, crinite, bushy, hispid, villous, pappous, bearded, pilous, shaggy, shagged, fringed, befringed, setous, setose, setaceous, like quills upon the fretful porcupine, rough as a nutmeg grater, rough as a bear, downy, velvety, flocculent, woolly, lanate, lanated, lanuginous, lanuginose, tomentose, fluffy, against the grain, cabello luengo y corto el seso.