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Jade, 18, holds up a package of fusilli corti pasta from her mother's Giadzy brand as their cooking demo begins.—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 In fact, it can be made into virtually any pasta shape, from spaghetti and penne to rotini and fusilli.—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 May 2026 Pasta Therapy’s fusilli, campanelle and radiatori pasta shapes could earn the business its first-ever Good Food Awards in June.—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026 Diners can enjoy homemade pasta like beef cheek fusilli or hearty entrees like the brick chicken scarpariello.—Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fusilli
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Etymology
borrowed from Italian, plural of fusillo (originally in southern dialects, as Altamura—Puglia—fusillë), diminutive of fuso "spindle," going back to Latin fūsus, of obscure origin