vermicelli

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”).

"Perhaps you would prefer julienne or vermicelli, gentlemen?" inquired the Don. — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid
Essnousee sent me a little present of vermicelli and cuscasou, or hamsa. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson
The second English form of the Trochaic consists of two feet: as, "Vermicelli, Cürrànt jêlly." — The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue, Percival Leigh

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