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parsemé

UK/ˈpɑːsəmeɪ/

parsemé adjective: sprinkled, scattered (usually with something).

Adjective

parsemé (comparative more parsemé, superlative most parsemé)

  1. (archaic, italicized) Sprinkled, 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

Forms of parsemé

comparativemore parsemé
superlativemost parsemé

Origin of parsemé

From French parsemé.

Questions about parsemé

What does parsemé mean?
Parsemé means sprinkled, scattered (usually with something).
What part of speech is parsemé?
Parsemé is an adjective.
How do you pronounce parsemé?
Parsemé is pronounced /ˈpɑːsəmeɪ/ (UK).

Words near parsemé in the dictionary

  1. parselets
  2. Parsell
  3. Parsells
  4. parseltongue
  5. parsemage
  6. parsemé
  7. parser
  8. parsers
  9. parses
  10. parsettensite
  11. Parseval's theorem

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