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.
Origin of millefiori
1840–50; < Italian, equivalent to
mille thousand (< Latin) +
fiori, plural of
fiore < Latin
flōri- (stem of
flōs)
flower
Words nearby millefiori
mille-feuille,
millecent,
milled,
milledgeville,
millefeuille,
millefiori,
millefleur,
millefleurs,
millenarian,
millenarianism,
millenary
Example sentences 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
- 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
Word Origin for millefiori
C19: from Italian: thousand flowers