vermicelli

noun
/vəɹməˈsɛli/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from vermis
  2. borrowed from vermicelli

Definitions

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

    • A favourite old cookbook (and a pile of parsley to use up) inspire this simple salsa verde – parsley, anchovies, capers, olives – in a fairytale tangle of vermicelli[.]
  2. Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.

    • Super-thin rice noodles, or vermicelli, are de rigueur here, but as with pad thai the secret is all in the preparation.
  3. Chocolate sprinkles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vermicelli. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA