parsemé

UK/ˈpɑːsəmeɪ/

adjective

Sprinkled, scattered (usually with something).

OriginFrench parsemé →
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Meanings

adjectiveparsemé (comparative more parsemé, superlative most parsemé)

comparative more parsemé · superlative most parsemé

  1. archaicitalicizedSprinkled, scattered (usually with something).

    Edward II gave to Piers Gaveston a suit of red-gold armour studded with jacinths, a collar of gold roses set with turquoise-stones, and a skull-cap parsemé with pearls.

    1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 120

Origin

  1. Frenchparsemé
  2. Englishparsemé

From French parsemé.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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