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
C16: from Italian, from Late Latin Mājorica Majorca
majolica in American English
(məˈdʒɑlɪkə)
noun
1.
a variety of Italian pottery, enameled, glazed, and richly colored and decorated
2.
pottery like this
Word origin
It maiolica < Maiolica, Majorca, where produced
Examples of 'majolica' in a sentence
majolica
`No, only decorative stuff in terracotta and majolica, and roof and floor tiles too.
Nabb, Magdalen THE MARSHAL AND THE MURDERER (1989)