giftlet

English

Etymology

From gift +‎ -let.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪftlət/

Noun

giftlet (plural giftlets)

  1. A small gift.
    Synonym: giftling
    • 1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 19:
      There is […] a number of plastic dolls in blonde wigs and kilts brought back as giftlets for my now deceased aunt by cronies who tripped off to other parts of Scotland for wee holidays.
    • 2005, Catullus, translated by Peter Green, Poems, page 139:
      Yet the giftlets she offered the gods, the vows she pledged / with silent lips—these were not in vain, not unpleasing.
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