bagatelle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a light piece of music for piano
  2. noun something of little value or significance
    frippery; fluff; frivolity.
  3. noun a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
    bar billiards.

WordNet

Bag`a*telle" noun
Etymology
F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n.
Definitions
  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 1913