[f. ESSAY sb. + -ETTE.] A short essay.
1838. W. D. Gallagher, Editor’s Addr., p. iv. in Hesperian, II. To diversify the general contents,… space in each number will be allotted to tales, essayettes, poetry, [etc.].
1862. Ruddersfield Examiner, 13 Sept., 6/1. ‘Caxtoniana’ this month embraces two excellent essayettes.
1877. C. Gibbon, in Casquet Lit., I. 182/1. We take the following essayette.
1886. Tupper, My Life as Author, 160. The book includes a hundred and thirty original fables, essayettes, anecdotes, tirades, songs, and musings.
1890. Glasgow Herald, 26 May, 7/2. The eight or nine pages of Mr. Armstrong’s interesting essayette.
