different between festoon vs ringlet

English

Etymology

From French feston.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /f?s?tu?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

festoon (plural festoons)

1. An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
2. (architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
3. A raised cable with light globes attached.
4. (astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
5. (acarology) Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
6. (technology) A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
7. (manufacturing) Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
8. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
9. (dentistry) Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.

Translations

Verb

festoon (third-person singular simple present festoons, present participle festooning, simple past and past participle festooned)

1. To decorate with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
2. To make festoons.
3. To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
   • 2005, Judith Martin, Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Norton, p. 804:

     A mysterious woman who shows up at a funeral more droopily festooned in black than the widow is making what is known as a fashion statement.

   • 2014 September 23, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian:

     Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.
4. (dentistry, transitive) To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.

Translations

Further reading

• festoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• eftsoon

English

Etymology

From ring +? -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).

Noun

ringlet (plural ringlets)

1. A small ring.
2. A lock, tress.

   Her hair was in ringlets.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.

3. (entomology) Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.

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Verb

ringlet (third-person singular simple present ringlets, present participle ringleting, simple past and past participle ringleted)

1. (transitive) To form into ringlets.
   • 1877, Ella Farman, Good-for-nothing Polly (page 163)

     "It's very becoming!" said Pollie coaxingly, taking his curly head, which she had been brushing and ringleting for the last half hour, all damp, into her arms.

2. (transitive) To surround or encircle like a ringlet.
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     I think now that if it had gripped me with those suckers, I would have gone out into the mist too. But it didn't. It grabbed Norm. And the third tentacle ringleted his other ankle. Now he was being pulled away from me.

Anagrams

• Giltner, Tingler, tingler, tringle

German

Pronunciation

Verb

ringlet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of ringeln