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millefiori
or mil·le·fi·o·re
[ mil-uh-fee-awr-ee, -ohr-ee ]
noun
- decorative glass made by fusing multicolored glass canes together, cutting them crosswise, joining them into new groups, embedding the groups in transparent glass, and blowing the resultant mass into a desired shape.
millefiori
/ ˌmɪlɪˈfjɔːrɪ /
noun
- decorative glassware in which coloured glass rods are fused and cut to create flower patterns: an ancient technique revived in Venice in the sixteenth century and in France and England in the nineteenth century
- ( as modifier )
a millefiori paperweight
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Word History and Origins
Origin of millefiori1
1840–50; < Italian, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin ) + fiori, plural of fiore < Latin flōri- (stem of flōs ) flower
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Word History and Origins
Origin of millefiori1
C19: from Italian: thousand flowers
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Example Sentences
Millefiori or chevron bead of yellow and black glass, almost certainly Venetian.
From Project Gutenberg
The central pendant, also circular, is ornamented with a section from a rod of Roman millefiori glass set in gold.
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