millet

¹

[ mil-it ]

noun

1. a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
2. any of various related or similar grasses cultivated as grain plants or forage plants.
3. the grain of any of these grasses.

Millet

²

[ mi-ley; French mee-le ]

noun

1. Francis Davis, 1846–1912, U.S. painter, illustrator, and journalist.
2. Jean Fran·çois [zhah, n, f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1814–75, French painter.

Millet

¹

/ milɛ /

noun

1. MilletJean François18141875MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1814–75, French painter of the Barbizon school, noted for his studies of peasants at work

millet

²

/ ˈmɪlɪt /

noun

1. a cereal grass, Setaria italica, cultivated for grain and animal fodder
2. 1. an East Indian annual grass, Panicum miliaceum, cultivated for grain and forage, having pale round shiny seeds
   2. the seed of this plant
3. any of various similar or related grasses, such as pearl millet and Indian millet

Word History and Origins

Origin of millet¹

1375–1425; late Middle English milet < Middle French, equivalent to mil (< Latin milium millet) + -et -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of millet¹

C14: via Old French from Latin milium; related to Greek melinē millet

Example Sentences

Pilot projects in the collaborative are identifying the safest public spaces for women in Mexico City and mapping communities producing the most millet in Niger.

From Science News

Millet writes about children and teenagers with not just empathy but deep admiration, and her voice is so confident and wry that the devastating moments hit you almost without warning.

From Outside Online

So Millet and his colleagues recently published the sixth in a series of studies from that 2019 UTMB.

From Outside Online

Millet’s new data can’t answer these questions, but it adds to the evidence that patterns of fatigue tend to be different in men and women.

From Outside Online

In time, Vavilov found evidence for his law in wheat, rye, millet, oats, cotton, grasses, potatoes, and other domesticated plants.

From Nautilus

Look for:Purchase breads containing seeds and a mixture of healthy grains (like millet and amaranth) other than just brown rice.

From The Daily Beast

Magnificence By Lydia Millet A woman moves into an old house full of taxidermy in the aftermath of trauma.

From The Daily Beast

With Lydia Millet at the helm, though, the motivations matter less than the journey.

From The Daily Beast

Millet reveals what Hal, T., and the rest of us all know deep down, that we're each of us responsible for the choices we make.

From The Daily Beast

And through him, Millet has a perfect vehicle for her dark, understated wit and tendency to upend narrative expectations.

From The Daily Beast

A basket full of millet must go with the millet cakes: this is the food wherein the country goddess finds pleasure most of all.

From Project Gutenberg

Look at Millet's "Shepherdess Spinning," at the head of this chapter, as an example of contre jour.

From Project Gutenberg

But the lone pine and the blue mountains gave a bright, sharp quality to the landscape which was quite unlike Millet.

From Project Gutenberg

The woolly stems of the millet, likewise, defied their insatiable appetites.

From Project Gutenberg

Millet and rice are the staple crops; the former furnishing food both for man and beast, for its long stalks are excellent fodder.

From Project Gutenberg