doublet English · revision 1108

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈdʌblət/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It comes from Middle English,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|fro|doublet|t=something folded or doubled]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) a diminutive of ''duble'' “double”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[la|duplus|t=twofold]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[double]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A close-fitting garment for the upper body worn by men (1326).^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the 16th to the 18th century ''doublet and hose'' was typical male dress (1598).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) From the 1550s the word meant one of two things that are alike,^(Etymonline) at first of words in the same language that come from the same source by different routes,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) such as ''shirt'' and ''skirt''.^(AHD) It also names a throw of two dice showing the same number.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) In science it was applied to a pair of lenses, a double spectral line and a quantum state with two values.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1326 – a close-fitting garment.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1418 – ''doublet of defence'', body armour.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1550s – one of a pair of like things.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1598 – ''doublet and hose''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 15th to the 17th century.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A pair of similar or identical things, or one of such a pair.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # One of two words that come from the same source by different routes, such as [[shirt]] and [[skirt]].^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A throw of two dice showing the same number.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A lens made of two components.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[double]]

+ * [[duplicate]]

+ * [[triplet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}