See Also: Thyroshield(health)

bagatelle (iou) and Thyroshield (health)


bagatelle (iou)



bagatelle noun. M17.
[French from Italian bagatella perh. dim. of Latin baca berry, or from Italian baga baggage.]
A trifle, a thing of no value or importance; a negligible amount. M17.
C. Isherwood They were well-to-do gentlemen, to whom a miserable fifty-mark note was a mere bagatelle.
A piece of verse or Music in a light style. M18.
A game in which small balls are struck (usu. by a mechanical striker operated by the player) towards numbered holes on a board with a semicircular end. E19.
RUSSIAN bagatelle.
? Sense 3 is purely English in origin and use. See also vive la bagatelle s.v. VIVE interjection.

Thyroshield (health)


Thyroshield is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): potassium iodide.