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mosaic

English

Alternative forms

  • mosaick (obsolete)
  • musaic (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (????? (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m???ze?k/, /m???ze?.?k/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /mo??ze?.?k/, /mo??ze?k/
  • Rhymes: -e?k, -e??k

Noun

mosaic (countable and uncountable, plural mosaics)

  1. A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
  2. (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
  3. (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
  4. A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

Derived terms

  • mosaicist

Translations

Adjective

mosaic (not comparable)

  1. (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.

Related terms

  • alphamosaic
  • mosaicism
  • mosaicist
  • photomosaic

See also

  • intarsia
  • mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mosaic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1860) , “Über den Ausdruck „Mosaïk“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 14, pages 663–678

Anagrams

  • Amicos, Samoic

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /mo?zajk/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /mu?zajk/

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

  1. mosaic

Friulian

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

  1. mosaic

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salmagundi

English

Alternative forms

  • salmagundy
  • solomongundy
  • Solomon Gundy

Etymology

From French salmigondis (seasoned salt meats), from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene (hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine), from Old French salemine.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?sal.m????n.di/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?sæl.m????n.di/

Noun

salmagundi (plural salmagundis)

  1. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
  2. Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 544:
      Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage, which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms.

Synonyms

  • (mixture of various ingredients): miscellany, olio, potpourri

References

  • salmagundi in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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