Definitions
a small stream
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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—”
“Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“A small stream”7 letters
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