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Webster 1913 Edition


Bagatelle

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Bagˊa-telle′

(băgˊȧ-tĕl′)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. It.
bagatella
; cf. Prov. It.
bagata
trifle, OF.
bague
, Pr.
bagua
, bundle. See
Bag
,
Noun.
]
1.
A trifle; a thing of no importance.
Rich trifles, serious
bagatelles
.
Prior.
2.
A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bagatelle

BAGATELLE

,
Noun.
bagatel'.
A trifle; a thing of no importance.