majolica, maiolica
(noun) highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide
Source: WordNet® 3.1
majolica (uncountable)
Earthenware decorated with coloured lead glazes applied directly to an unglazed body.
Synonym: Palissy ware
Hyponyms: Palissy majolica, Victorian majolica, Sarreguemines majolica, 20th century majolica.
Earthenware coated with opaque white tin glaze ornamented with metal oxide colour(s).
Hyponyms: Italian maiolica, Hispano-Moresque ware, talavera (Mexican), Victorian majolica, faience, Delftware, Minton majolica.
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*jol"i*ca, n. Etym: [It.]
Definition: A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.
Note: The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture. Heyse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
