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ver⋅mi⋅cel⋅li

  [vur-mi-chel-ee, -sel-ee]
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–noun
a kind of pasta in the form of long, slender, solid threads, resembling spaghetti but thinner. Compare macaroni (def. 1).
Origin:
1660–70; < It, pl. of vermicello, dim. of verme worm < L vermis
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ver·mi·cel·li   (vûr'mĭ-chěl'ē, -sěl'ē)   
n.  Pasta in long, very thin strands.

[Italian, pl. of vermicello, diminutive of verme, worm, from Latin vermis; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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vermicelli 
kind of pasta, 1669, lit. "little worms," from It., pl. of vermicello, dim. of verme, acc. sing. of L. vermis "worm" (see worm). So called for resemblance.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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