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Grammar : Noun
Spell : moh-zey-ik
Phonetic Transcription : moʊˈzeɪ ɪk

Définition of mosaic

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French mosaicq "mosaic work," from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum "mosaic work, work of the Muses," noun use of neuter of musaicus "of the Muses," from Latin Musa (see muse). Medieval mosaics were often dedicated to the Muses. The word formed in Medieval Latin as though from Greek, but the (late) Greek word for "mosaic work" was mouseion (Klein says this sense was borrowed from Latin). Figurative use is from 1640s. As an adjective in English from 1580s. Related: Mosaicist.
  • noun collage
Example sentences :
  • The mosaic border to the frame is quite unique in its design.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • Even the floors of some of his rooms are made in mosaic pictures.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • The Derbyshire marbles are quarried all about, and mosaic manufacture is carried on.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • In some of these churches the decorations are chiefly in mosaic, and are extremely striking.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • Compositions so produced are to poetry what mosaic is to painting.
  • Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III » by Various
  • The cornice and the mosaic inscription of the frieze are 1943 feet long.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • The Mosaic law is explicit in matters relating to bondservants.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • Compare the requirement under the Mosaic administration, Deut.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • Mosaic, as is well-known, is the most permanent of all the processes of decorative art.
  • Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
  • Hence the Italian musaico, the French mosaique, and our English mosaic.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, No. 179. Saturday, April 2, 1853. » by Various

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