Definition of "verselet" [verselet]

• A little verse: used in contempt. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I present this Longfellow verselet by way of asserting that Nicole Krauss can be very good indeed, and occasionally horrid-the horridness stemming from the forgivable sin of overweening literary ambition."
• "Japanese poems and adduce a verselet said to have been written by him on his death-bed:"
• "Jimmu composed a couplet expressing his troops 'delight at having disposed of a formidable foe so easily, and in this verselet he spoke of one Yemishi being reputed to be a match for a hundred men."