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rivulet

[ riv-yuh-lit ]

noun

  1. a small stream; streamlet; brook.


rivulet

/ ˈ°ùɪ±¹ÂáÊŠ±ôɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. a small stream
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rivulet1

1580–90; earlier rivolet < Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo < Latin °ùÄ«±¹³Ü±ô³Ü²õ small stream
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rivulet1

C16: from Italian rivoletto , from Latin °ùÄ«±¹³Ü±ô³Ü²õ , from °ùÄ«±¹³Ü²õ stream
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Drying vents affixed to massive undulating columns blast air until every rivulet of water disappears.

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For those left behind, grief and uncertainty swirl together, muddy rivulets in a vast tributary.

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At Domingo Albacete's olive farm soil erosion has left rivulets of rubble and stone.

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“You know how you sometimes realize it has been raining only when it stops,†Ben Lerner writes in “The Lights,†his fourth collection of poems, “silence falling on the roof, forming rivulets on the glass?â€

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As the rain poured down Sunday, sending rivulets of water cascading into her driveway, Zacarias said she was more worried about her work hours.

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