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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Pasta in long, very thin strands.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. 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

  1. n. long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thicker.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. 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

  1. n. pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti

Etymologies

  1. From Italian plural of Italian vermicello ("little worm"), from verme ("worm"), from Latin vermis + -cello ("diminutive suffix") (Wiktionary)
  2. 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)

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  • 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

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