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vermicelli.

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/vəɹməˈsɛli/US/vəɹməˈt͡ʃɛli/US
  1. Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

    uncountable · usually
  2. Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.

    uncountable · usually
  3. Chocolate sprinkles.

    UK · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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

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