smalto

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[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Coloured glass or enamel used for mosaic work, etc.; a small cube or piece of this.


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Origin:
early 18th century; earliest use found in Joseph Addison (1672–1719), writer and politician. From Italian smalto from the unattested Germanic etymon of post-classical Latin smaltum and of the Romance words cited at amel




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