millefiori

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noun

A decorative glassware technique using a mosaic of coloured beads.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

nounmillefiori (usually uncountable, plural millefioris)

plural millefioris

  1. uncountableusuallyA decorative glassware technique using a mosaic of coloured beads.

Origin

  1. Italianmille fiori“thousand flowers”
  2. Englishmillefiori

From Italian mille fiori (“thousand flowers”).

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millefiori. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/millefiori

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Chicago

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