A small dimple or pit-like depression, particularly a dimple in the cheek or chin.
French diminutive of fosse, from Latin fossa, with the French feminine -ette suffix creating a small, delicate version of a fossa.
Fossettes are celebrated in classical beauty standards—dimples were called 'fossettes de Venus' (Venus's little pits) because they were considered marks of divine beauty!
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