n.
1. Tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy.
2. Pottery made in imitation of this earthenware.
[Italian maiolica, from Medieval Latin M
i
lica, Majorca (where it was made), alteration of Late Latin Mirica.]
ilica, Majorca (where it was made), alteration of Late Latin Mirica.]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
I'd better meet you on your own ground, and talk about your majolica and engravings.Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo
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