STILETTO

stiletto

(noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

stiletto (plural stilettos or stilettoes or stiletti)

A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.

A rapier.

An awl.

A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).

A beard trimmed into a pointed form.

Adjective

stiletto (not comparable)

Sharp and narrow like a stiletto.

Verb

stiletto (third-person singular simple present stilettos, present participle stilettoing, simple past and past participle stilettoed)

(transitive) To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).

Source: Wiktionary

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Sti*let"to, n.; pl. Stilettos. Etym: [It., dim. of stilo a dagger, fr. L. stilus a pointed instrument. See Style for writing, and cf. Stylet.]

1. A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.

2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.

3. A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.] The very quack of fashions, the very he that Wears a stiletto on his chin. Ford.

Sti*let"to, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stilettoing.]

Definition: To stab or kill with a stiletto. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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