quisquilia

== Italian == === Alternative forms === quisquiglia === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwisˈkwi.lja/ Rhymes: -ilja Hyphenation: qui‧squì‧lia === Noun === quisquilia f (plural quisquilie) trifle, odds and ends == Latin == === Etymology === Compare Latin cuscolium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷɪsˈkʷɪ.li.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷisˈkʷiː.li.a] === Noun === quisquilia f (genitive quisquiliae); first declension (chiefly in the plural) admixed twigs or stalks odds and ends; rubbish, dregs (in the plural) garbage, refuse, waste ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Sardinian: chischiza, chiscuza, cuscuza Spanish: quisquilla === References === Bertoldi, Vittorio (1948), “Quisquiliae Ibericae”, in Romance Philology‎[1] (in Italian), volume 1, number 3, pages 204–207 Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “frùscolo”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes