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millefiori

or mil·le·fi·o·re

[ mil-uh-fee-awr-ee, -ohr-ee ]
/ ˌmɪl ə fiˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i /

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.

Words nearby millefiori

mille-feuille, millecent, milled, milledgeville, millefeuille, millefiori, millefleur, millefleurs, millenarian, millenarianism, millenary

Origin of millefiori

1840–50; < Italian, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin) + fiori, plural of fiore < Latin flōri- (stem of flōs) flower
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Examples from the Web for millefiori

  • The central pendant, also circular, is ornamented with a section from a rod of Roman millefiori glass set in gold.

    Jewellery|H. Clifford Smith,

British Dictionary definitions for millefiori

millefiori
/ (ˌmɪlɪˈfjɔːrɪ) /

noun

  1. 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
  2. (as modifier)a millefiori paperweight

Word Origin for millefiori

C19: from Italian: thousand flowers
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