Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Pasta in long, very thin strands.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An Italian paste prepared of flour, cheese, yolks of eggs, sugar, and saffron, manufactured in the form of long slender threads, and so named on account of its wormlike appearance. Vermicelli is the same substance as macaroni, the only difference being that the latter is made larger, and is hollow while vermicelli is solid. Both are prepared in the greatest perfection at Naples, where they form a principal item in the food of the population, and are a favorite dish among all classes. Vermicelli is used in soups, broths, etc. See also
spaghetti .
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called
macaroni .
WordNet 3.0
- n. pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti
Etymologies
- From Italian plural of Italian vermicello ("little worm"), from verme ("worm"), from Latin vermis + -cello ("diminutive suffix") (Wiktionary)
- Italian, pl. of vermicello, diminutive of verme, worm, from Latin vermis; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The vermicelli is an inspired contribution to the meal!”
“Rice vermicelli is made from rice, and bean thread noodles are made from mung beans.”
“According to Andrea Nguyen (in Into the Vietnamese Kitchen), rice vermicelli is much like Western pasta in that everyone will have their own preference as to how cooked they want it.”
“Your addition of vermicelli is very interesting so I will try that next time I make torta di ricotta.”
“Alternatively, itriyya might be referred to with the more down-to-earth Italian word vermicelli, meaning “little worms.””
“The only noodles commonly used are super-thin vermicelli ( "seviyan") used to make a dessert or sometimes cooked into a savory dish ( "upma").”
“DRYING NOODLES: In Hyderabad, India, on Monday, a young boy dried seviyan, thin vermicelli, which is used to make sheer korma, a traditional sweet dish prepared by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan.”
“It is like fine vermicelli, which is sometimes accompanied with drops of blood.”
“That of smaller diameter than macaroni (which is about the thickness of a goose-quill) is called vermicelli; and when smaller still, fidelini.”
“The dish calls for thin spaghetti, such as angel hair or vermicelli, which is broken into short pieces, then toasted in butter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vermicelli’.
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The Pasta Master
My favourite is potato
gnocchi,interesting that lists
devoted to pasta exclusively
missed pasta puttanesca,those who
really textually mine dictionaries
would not miss...manicotti, spaggers, stelline, spaghettini, spag, linguine, fettuccine, penne, rigatoni, mezzani, zita, spaghetti and 391 more...
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
flammivomous, pep, electrolyzation, research, constrain, why, refrigerator, invisible, windblown, curate's egg, echoism, drumble and 103 more...
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Pasta! Pasta! Pasta!
Who knew unleavened dough and homey Italian know-how could taste so good?
...and look so great!ziti, vermicelli, tubetti, troffiette, tripolini, trennette, trenne, tortiglioni, tortelloni, tortellini, torchio, tonnarelli and 104 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Of Mice and Men
Words with consecutive sequences of m-i-c-e or m-e-n.
pumice, vermicelli, Comice, cognomen, agnomen, amenable, mice, men, women, praenomen, mention, hemicellulose and 12 more...
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Whence
Definitions with a whence in them.
girasol, spider, Good King Whenceslas, Æ, whence, narwhal, lithophyse, henbane, gamboge, cirripedia, thermifugine, zietrisikite and 42 more...
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That's nice.
nice, kind, agreeable, good-natured, pleasing, kind-hearted, sweet, simnel, gracious, percaline, manzanilla, kincob and 8 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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Pasta la Vista
Because John's and colleen's and Lampbane's lists are their own, and they're such pasta hogs I have to make sure I get some for myself. :)
Includes noodles and other noodle-based items...zituane, rotini, rigati, marziani, salamini, fagioletti, eliche grandi, eliche, elefante, rotellini, rotelli, ziti and 296 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Words that are fun to say
stipple, carbuncle, dongle, exemplar, misbegotten, gigolo, salubrious, jupiter, propinquity, piglet, tobogganing, supercilious and 309 more...
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Evin290's Words
puerile, fastidious, blatherskite, folderol, femtosecond, redox, incarnadine, cerulean, genuflection, muslin, multitudinous, miasma and 517 more...
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Turning and Twisting Tours
words in the nature of double spirals
swift, swerve, swirl, swivel, swarm, swag, swank, swoop, swinge, swarf, spire, esparto and 361 more...
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MacBean's Words
verisimilitude, antediluvian, schadenfreude, eviscerate, exsanguinate, onomatopoeia, aesthetic, apocryphal, aubergine, byronic, brouhaha, bordello and 523 more...
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My Favorite Types of Pasta
A selection of the creative and interesting types of pasta, for all WORDIE users to enjoy!
linguine, fusilli, cannelloni, capelli d'angelo, farfalle, capellini, cavatappi, conchiglie, acomo pepe, fettucine, lasagne, gemelli and 25 more...
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maccheroni
fettuccine, linguine, tagliatelle, fiori, fusilli, rotelle, conchiglie, farfalle, orecchiette, gigli, gemelli, gnocchi and 27 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for vermicelli.
fbharjo little worms....that's nice Aug 23, 2012
reesetee What hump? Oct 15, 2007
chained_bear Wasn't your hump on the other side? Oct 15, 2007
npydyuan My hump. My hump. My hump, my hump, my hump. Oct 15, 2007
reesetee What hump? Oct 15, 2007
uselessness Incidentally... I don't mean to embarrass you in any way, but I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump? Oct 15, 2007
skipvia That's "Eyegor." Oct 15, 2007
uselessness Oh, you must be Igor. Oct 15, 2007
reesetee Haha! Good one, sionnach. Oct 15, 2007
skipvia "Are you speaking of the worm, or the spaghetti?" Frederick Frankenstein (that's "Fronkensteen"...) Oct 15, 2007
palooka I understand Italian orchestras are particularly susceptible to this infestation. Oct 15, 2007
sionnach woodworm damage in the string section Oct 15, 2007