pagliuzza — meaning in English

English meaning

• bagatelle noun Something of very little importance or value.
• mote noun A tiny particle of dust or matter; a speck.
• straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
• wisp noun A thin, light streak or strand of something, such as smoke, hair, or cloud.

Senses

pagliuzza is used for these senses in English:

• bagatelle A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
• mote (literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) A small particle; a speck.
• straw (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• wisp A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

bagatelle — full definition

1. noun Something of very little importance or value.
2. noun A short piece of music or writing, usually light and playful in style.
3. noun A billiards-like game played on a rectangular table that has pockets or arches at only one end.
4. noun Any of a number of small wooden tabletop games based on the original, where pins take the place of pockets.

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