{UAH} Millefleur - plus, test your vocabulary!

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M-W's Word of the Day <word@m-w.com> Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:09 AM         WORD OF THE DAY December 18, 2018           millefleur    adjective | meel-FLER     Definition   : having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants   Scroll down for more about millefleur      TRENDING NOW: nebulous synergy slumgullion endgame SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Can 'Fortuitous' Mean 'Fortunate'?       2018 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes     Word of the Year 2018       Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year 2018         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Find the Cousins   Identify the word pairs with a common ancestor     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Millefleur (which can also be spelled millefleurs) came directly from French into English in the 17th century as a word for a perfume distilled from several different kinds of flowers. The literal meaning of mille fleurs in French is "a thousand flowers," so it is easy to see how millefleur came to be applied to patterns or backgrounds of many tiny flowers or plants. A similarly colorful extension of "a thousand flowers" can be seen in the word millefiori. That term, which refers to ornamental glass characterized by multicolored flower-like designs, comes from mille fiori, the Italian phrase meaning "a thousand flowers."     Examples of MILLEFLEUR   The museum's collection includes several medieval tapestries with millefleurdesigns.   "An early 16th century millefleurs tapestry is a charmer, with children playing amidst the birds and animals and the thousand flowers of the style's name." — Sherry Lucas, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi), 29 Sept. 2002   Test Your Vocabulary   Fill in the blanks to complete a noun that refers to an ornament or style that employs flower, foliage, or fruit to produce an intricate pattern: _ ra _ es _ _ e.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:               SHARE:       View this email in a web browser   You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day.   Unsubscribe from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day   Manage your subscription settings   Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA 01102 www.merriam-webster.com

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