vermicelli
noun/vəɹməˈsɛli/US
Etymology
From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”).
- derived from vermis
- borrowed from vermicelli
Definitions
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[.]
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.
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