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majolica
[ muh-jol-i-kuh, muh-yol- ]
noun
- Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
- any earthenware having an opaque glaze of tin oxide.
majolica
/ məˈdʒɒlɪkə; məˈjɒl- /
noun
- a type of porous pottery glazed with bright metallic oxides that was originally imported into Italy via Majorca and was extensively made in Italy during the Renaissance
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of majolica1
C16: from Italian, from Late Latin Mājorica Majorca
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Example Sentences
The princess held the Majolica cup to her lips, tasted, held it toward the Norman.
From Project Gutenberg
In the neighbourhood is produced a great deal of silk, and a species of easily worked marble or alabaster called Marmo Majolica.
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The best coffee cups of majolica ware had been set out, and signora had made a zabajone in honour of Ferragosto.
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The oysters have already been served on shell-like Majolica.
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The works supply almost the whole country with china, and examples of antique Spanish majolica may be seen here.
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