filoselle

noun

fil·​o·​selle

¦filə¦sel,

-¦zel

plural -s

: soft silk thread for embroidery

Word History

Etymology

French, silk floss, filoselle, from Middle French, from Old Italian (dialect) filosello silkworm cocoon, silk floss, modification (influenced by filo thread, from Latin filum) of (assumed) Vulgar Latin follicellus, alteration of Latin folliculus small bag, husk, pod

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