See Also: crotchet(1)(dictionary)
crotchet(2)(dictionary)
crotchet(dictionary)
crotchet(dictionary)

crotchet(2) (iou)



crotchet noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French crochet dim. of croc hook: see -ET1.]
A hook, as an instrument or implement, or (formerly) an ornamental fastener. ME.
b. A hooklike organ or process. L17.
Architecture. = CROCKET 2. LME.
Music. The symbol for a note lasting half as long as a minim, and twice as long as a quaver, having a solid black head and a straight stem with no hook; a note of this length. LME.
A whimsical fancy; a perverse belief or preference, usu. about a trivial matter. L16.
A fanciful literary, artistic, or mechanical device. E17.
Typography. A square bracket. obsolete exc. Hist. L17.
crotche'teer noun a person with a crotchet, esp. one who obtrudes his or her crotchets in politics etc. E19.
crotchetiness noun crotchety character M19.
crotchety adjective peevish, given to crotchets; of the nature of a crotchet: E19.