英语词汇“pietra commessa”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pietra commessa

/ˌpjɛtrə kɒˈmɛsə/

Now rare

noun

Mosaic work of a type developed in Florence in the late 16th cent., consisting of thin pieces of coloured semi-precious stones cut to shape and inlaid in marble to produce decorative designs and pictures; Florentine mosaic; an example of this.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer. From Italian pietra commessa (apparently not recorded in Italian dictionaries) from pietra stone + commessa, feminine of commesso, past participle of commettere to fit together (from classical Latin committere).

单词	pietra commessa
释义	pietra commessa /ˌpjɛtrə kɒˈmɛsə/ Now rare noun Mosaic work of a type developed in Florence in the late 16th cent., consisting of thin pieces of coloured semi-precious stones cut to shape and inlaid in marble to produce decorative designs and pictures; Florentine mosaic; an example of this. Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer. From Italian pietra commessa (apparently not recorded in Italian dictionaries) from pietra stone + commessa, feminine of commesso, past participle of commettere to fit together (from classical Latin committere).
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