A small circle or circular object; an archaic or obsolete term rarely used in modern English.
From Latin 'circulus' (circle) + the diminutive suffix '-le'. This Middle English formation attempted to create a diminutive form of circle, but it never gained widespread adoption.
Medieval scribes experimented with words like 'circule' to describe tiny circular decorations in manuscripts, but the word lost the competition to simpler alternatives like 'small circle' or just 'circle.' Language keeps what works and abandons what doesn't.
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