doublet
English
Alternative forms
- doubtlet (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌblət/
Audio (UK) (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle English doublet, a borrowing from Old French doublet, from double, duble, doble + -et.
Noun
doublet (plural doublets)
- A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
- (linguistics) One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English).
- (literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
- (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
- (printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
- (computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
- (botany) A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
- A word ladder puzzle.
- An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
- 1855, Schacht, Hermann; Currey, Frederick, The Microscope:
- The doublet generally used is that invented by Dr. Wollaston, and consists of two plano-convex lenses placed with their convex sides towards the eye […]
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- Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
- to throw doublets
- (uncountable, obsolete) A game somewhat like backgammon.
- (radio) Dipole antenna.
- (historical) A man’s waistcoat.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv], lines 726-27:
- I must comfort the weaker vessel, as
doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat […]
- 1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, OCLC 15810849, lines 316-19, 327-30:
- Expression is the dress of thought, and still
Appears more decent, as more suitable;
A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,
Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd:
[…]
These sparks with awkward vanity display
What the fine gentleman wore yesterday;
And but so mimic ancient wits at best,
As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest.
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Synonyms
- (pair of two similar things): duet, dyad; see also Thesaurus:duo
Derived terms
- Wollaston's doublet
Translations
pair of two similar or equal things — See also translations at pair, couple
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pair of cognates in a language
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literature: in textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event
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lapidary: an imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them
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a word ladder puzzle — see word ladder
an arrangement of two lenses for a microscope
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either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost
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dipole antenna — see dipole antenna
(historical in English) a man’s waistcoat
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See also
- homolog
- pair
- twin
- twinling
| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier | single | double / twofold | triple / threefold | quadruple / fourfold | quintuple / pentuple / fivefold |
| Whole | loner / singleton / monad | pair / couple / twosome / dyad | trio / threesome / triad / troika | foursome / tetrad | fivesome |
| Part | only one / singlet | twin / one of two / doublet | triplet / one of three | quadruplet / one of four | quintuplet / pentuplet / one of five |
| Number | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Modifier | sextuple / hextuple / sixfold | septuple / heptuple / sevenfold | octuple / eightfold | ninefold / nonuple | tenfold / decuple |
| Whole | sixsome | sevensome | eightsome | ninesome | tensome / decad |
| Part | sextuplet / hextuplet / one of six | one of seven / septuplet / heptuplet | octuplet / one of eight | one of nine / nonuplet | one of ten / decuplet |
| Number | 11 | 12 | 13 | 100 | many |
| Modifier | elevenfold / undecuple / hendecuple | twelvefold / duodecuple | thirteenfold / tredecuple | a hundredfold / centuple | multiple |
| Whole | elevensome | twelvesome | thirteensome | hundredsome | |
| Part | one of eleven / undecuplet / hendecuplet | one of twelve / duodecuplet | one of thirteen / tredecuplet | one of a hundred / centuplet | one of many / multiplet |
Etymology 2
A doublet (jacket)
From Italian giubbetta, from giubba, from Arabic جبة (“to en-wrap”).
Noun
doublet (plural doublets)
- A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], line 75:
- Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced […]
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:
- He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them.
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Translations
article of men's clothing
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Further reading
- doublet in Hensleigh Wedgwood, On False Etymologies, Transactions of the Philological Society,1855
- doublet at OneLook Dictionary Search
- doublet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- bled out, boulted, outbled
French
Etymology
double + -et
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.blɛ/
Audio (file) Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
doublet m (plural doublets)
- (lexicography) doublet
Further reading
- “doublet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.