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confetti
 
SYLLABICATION:con·fet·ti
PRONUNCIATION:  kn-ft
PLURAL NOUN:(used with a sing. verb) Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are scattered around during the course of festive occasions: Confetti covers the floor every year on January 1.
ETYMOLOGY:Italian, pl. of confetto, candy, from Medieval Latin cnfectum, from neuter of Latin cnfectus, past participle of cnficere, to prepare. See confect.
 
 
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