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bagatelle
[ bag-uh-tel ]
noun
- something of little value or importance; a trifle:
"A mere bagatelle," she murmured in response to my admiration of her ring.
- a game played on a board having holes at one end into which balls are to be struck with a cue.
- a short and light musical composition, typically for the piano.
bagatelle
/ ˌbæɡəˈtɛl /
noun
- something of little value or significance; trifle
- a board game in which balls are struck into holes, with pins as obstacles; pinball
- See bar billiardsanother name for bar billiards
- a short light piece of music, esp for piano
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Origin of bagatelle1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
After all, in the face of death, financial ruin seemed a mere bagatelle.
My object in going to the Crimea was to speculate in munitions of war, which I supposed would be sold for a mere bagatelle.
Lise left her abruptly, darting down a street that led to a back entrance of the Bagatelle, and Janet pursued her way.
It is scarcely too much to say that his ostentatious preference for the bagatelle was a real, and not in the least affected fact.
"Those bagatelle diatribes about Hegelism," etc., are not reprinted in this book, not a single syllable of them!
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