reticello

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noun

A decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern.

OriginItalian reticello →
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Meanings

nounreticello (countable and uncountable, plural reticelli)

plural reticelli

  1. countableuncountableA decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern.
  2. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of reticella (“old lace-like fabric”).

Origin

  1. Italianreticello
  2. Englishreticello

Borrowed from Italian reticello, a masculine diminutive of rete (“net”).

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APA

reticello. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reticello

MLA

“reticello.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reticello. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reticello,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reticello.

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