Definition of bagatelle
1 : trifle 1
2 : any of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas
3 : a short literary or musical piece in light style
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Examples of bagatelle in a Sentence
the question of who will pick up the coffee is a mere bagatelle in the overall planning of the conference
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As far as performance marathons go, the 10 hours of John Zorn’s bagatelles on Saturday at National Sawdust in Brooklyn may not have been the most sprawling.
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Origin and Etymology of bagatelle
French, from Italian bagattella
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