tesserateadj.
/ˈtɛsərət/ rare.
= tessellated adj. ? Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [adjective]
musive1511
mosaic1585
mosaicala1586
tesseled1603
tesseraica1711
tessellated1712
tesserated1717
tessellate1826
mosaicked1849
Cosmatesque1883
tesserate1897
1897 F. Thompson New Poems 139 With the gold-tesserate floors of Jove.
Derivatives
ˈtesserated adj. rare
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [adjective]
musive1511
mosaic1585
mosaicala1586
tesseled1603
tesseraica1711
tessellated1712
tesserated1717
tessellate1826
mosaicked1849
Cosmatesque1883
tesserate1897
1717 J. Tabor in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 30 549 A Description of the tesserated Pavement at East Bourne, near Pevensey.
1812 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (1813) l. 969 The tesserated mosaic [in S. Sophia's] with which the concave above the windows and the dome are encrusted.
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