stiletto

Definitions


[stɪˈlɛtəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a woman's shoe with a thin, high tapering heel
(e.g: she stood tall in a pair of strappy black stilettos)

- a short dagger with a tapering blade


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Italian, diminutive of stilo ‘dagger’




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