noun
rivulet
Rivulet (noun) means a very small stream.
noun
1
A very small stream.
"Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets."
— Charles Cotton, Geomorphology: An Introduction to the Study of Landforms (1945)
"A rivulet of tears ran down his face."
"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."
— William Babington Maxwell (1918)
2
A small moth known by the scientific name Perizoma affinitatum.
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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.
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What is the meaning of rivulet?
"rivulet" (noun) means a very small stream.
What is another word for rivulet?
Other words for "rivulet" include run, runnel, streamlet, rill.
What are the different meanings of rivulet?
"rivulet" has 2 main meanings: 1. A very small stream; 2. A small moth known by the scientific name Perizoma affinitatum.
