1. bagatelle - Noun
2. bagatelle - Verb
A trifle; a thing of no importance.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe fact of the religious vision, and its history of persistent expansion, is our one ground for optimism. Apart from it, human life is a flash of occasional enjoyments lighting up a mass of pain and misery, a bagatelle of transient experience. Alfred North Whitehead
He used a name for himself, true, but we played at Romance, and this is a game where truth is a bagatelle. Jack Vance
What one does in one's art, that is the breath of one's being. What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about. D. H. Lawrence
Alberto Santos-Dumont realizes the first official flight, 23 October 1906, Bagatelle field. Source: Internet
Aida’s exploit, a round-trip flight between a polo match at Bagatelle and Neuilly St. James lasted one-and-a-half hours. Source: Internet
Going up against St. Silas Primary at the Bagatelle ground, two unanswered second-half goals gave them the points needed to continue their mark in the upper echelons of the group. Source: Internet