vermicelli
/vəɹməˈsɛli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin, (I speak not of what the Doctor really did, or said that he did, but, as more to my purpose, of what was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion."
- "A favourite old cookbook (and a pile of parsley to use up) inspire this simple salsa verde – parsley, anchovies, capers, olives – in a fairytale tangle of vermicelli[.]"
- "Super-thin rice noodles, or vermicelli, are de rigueur here, but as with pad thai the secret is all in the preparation."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /vəɹməˈsɛli/
Usage
- Uncountable
- British usage