octet

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From oct- (“eight”) + -et.

A shapely octet in silk-and-lisle regimentals, black-astrakhan capes flung over one shoulder, and black-astrakhan hats as high as a majordomo's bent eight silk-and-lisle left knees with rhythmic regularity. — Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole, Fannie Hurst
Sometimes he accompanied his mother on her visits to distant portions of the colony, but the old vole more often left her octet behind, and then he would lie huddled up with his companions, waiting for the squelching sound of her footsteps, as she returned across the mud, and quarrelling in anticipation of what she would bring. — "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character, Douglas English

eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary

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