A very small flake; a tiny piece that has broken off or peeled away from something larger.
From 'flake' + '-let' (diminutive suffix from Old French, meaning 'little'). Common pattern: leaf→leaflet, isle→islet, flake→flakelet.
The '-let' suffix is one of English's cutest patterns—it transforms any object into its miniature version, and flakelets are what dandruff, dead skin, and ancient stone tools have in common!
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