pulviscolo

== Italian == === Alternative forms === polviscolo (uncommon) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin pulvisculus, diminutive of pulvis (“dust”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pulˈvis.ko.lo/ Rhymes: -iskolo Hyphenation: pul‧vì‧sco‧lo === Noun === pulviscolo m (plural pulviscoli) (collective) particulate matter suspended in the air (collective, literary) specks of floating dust illuminated by light (in the plural, rare) a myriad of single particles (collective, figurative) a group of very small incoherent entities === Further reading === pulviscolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana