mosaicry

M3O1S1A1I1C3R1Y4
/məʊˈzeɪ.ɪkɹi/

noun

The art of making mosaics.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

noun
  1. The art of making mosaics.

    The eight-part Te Deum, with its stabbing golden trumpets, reflects, even at that distance, the blazing mosaicry of St. Mark's in Venice.

    1979, Musical Heritage Review - Volume 3, Issues 10-18, page 66
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    All that is required now is—that he should be thoroughly acquainted with the history and geography of Great Britain and its dependencies, the acts and policy of the different administrations which have been in power since the fall of Wolsey, the lives of the Speakers, the contents of the Journals of the House, Hansard's Debates, and the architectural details, pictorial decorations (including the processes of fresco and water-glass painting, mosaicry, &c), and lighting and ventilation of the Chamber in which he is to sit, speak, hear, and cheer.

    1873 February 8, “Parliamentaria”, in Punch, volume 64, page 54

    Much of their output was outside broadcasting, away from the studio, and perhaps because of this I found more interest in actuality than in studio television — the reverse of my passion for the mosaicry that went into making radio features.

    1986, Mungo MacCallum, Plankton's Luck: A Life in Retrospect, page 194

    And the dancer had paused — but being urged: "Her ears are as half-opened lilacs, and her two breasts are as two domes beyond a horizon, set with mosaicry of tourmalines and turquoises — with finials of chrysoprase.

    2008, Donald Corley, The House of Lost Identity, page 85

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“mosaicry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosaicry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mosaicry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mosaicry.

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