pastille. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

pastille

SYLLABICATION:	pas·tille
PRONUNCIATION:	p-stl
VARIANT FORMS:	also pas·til (pstl)
NOUN:	1. A small medicated or flavored tablet; a troche. 2. A tablet containing aromatic substances that is burned to fumigate or deodorize the air. 3. A pastel paste or crayon.
ETYMOLOGY:	French, from Spanish pastilla, perfume pellet, and Italian pastillo, pastille, both from Latin pstillus, little loaf, medicine tablet, diminutive of pnis, bread. See p- in Appendix I.


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