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majolica

[ muh-jol-i-kuh, muh-yol- ]

noun

  1. Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usually highly decorated.
  2. any earthenware having an opaque glaze of tin oxide.


majolica

/ məˈdʒɒlɪkə; məˈjɒl- /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of majolica1

1545–55; ear-lier maiolica < Italian < Medieval Latin, variant of Late Latin Mājorica Majorca, where it was made
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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.

In the neighbourhood is produced a great deal of silk, and a species of easily worked marble or alabaster called Marmo Majolica.

The best coffee cups of majolica ware had been set out, and signora had made a zabajone in honour of Ferragosto.

The oysters have already been served on shell-like Majolica.

The works supply almost the whole country with china, and examples of antique Spanish majolica may be seen here.

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