noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Something of little or no importance; a whit or jot. obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

bagatelledrop in the bucketdrop in the oceandrop in the ponddrop in the seaflyspeck

Etymology

Perhaps from sceat (“a small Saxon coin”).

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