fusilli

[ fyoo-see-lee, -sil-ee ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a type of pasta twisted into corkscrew or spiral shapes.

fusilli

/ fʊˈziːlɪ; fjʊˈziːlɪ /

noun

1. pasta in the form of short spirals

Word History and Origins

Origin of fusilli¹

First recorded in 1925–30; from southern Italian dialect, plural of fusillo “little spindle,” diminutive of fuso, from Latin fūsus “spindle”; fuse ¹( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of fusilli¹

C20: Italian, literally: little spindles, from fuso a spindle