A bagatelle is a short literary piece in light style. Definitions of the term vary, with bagatelle referring to a variety of forms, while generally considered an unimportant or insignificant thing or trifle.
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- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 4th Edition
- from Wiktionary Creative Commons AttributionShare Alike License
- from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- from WordNet 30 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University All rights reserved
- Etymologies
- References
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Etymologies
French, from Italian bagatella, diminutive of dialectal bagata, little property, possibly from Latin bāca, berry (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition) From French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella. (Wiktionary)
References
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