bag·a·telle (b g  -t l )
n.
1. An unimportant or insignificant thing; a trifle.
2. A short, light piece of verse or music.
3. A game played on an oblong table with a cue and balls.
[French, from Italian bagatella, diminutive of dialectal bagata, little property, possibly from Latin b
 ca,berry.] |
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Mom and Gretchen should sing a bagatelle together.
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