majolica

[ muh-jol-i-kuh, muh-yol- ]
/ məˈdʒɒl ɪ kə, məˈyɒl- /

noun

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

Origin of majolica

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

Words nearby majolica

maj. gen., majestic, majesty, majlis, majocchi's disease, majolica, major, major agglutinin, major axis, major barbara, major duodenal papilla

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British Dictionary definitions for majolica

majolica

maiolica

/ (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

Word Origin for majolica

C16: from Italian, from Late Latin Mājorica Majorca