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tesselar

tesselar adjective: formed of tesserae, like a mosaic.

Adjective

tesselar (not comparable)

  1. Formed of tesserae, like a mosaic.

Forms of tesselar

alternative formtessellar

Origin of tesselar

From Latin tessella (“a small square piece, a little cube”), diminutive of tessera (“a square piece of stone, wood, etc., a die”).

Questions about tesselar

What does tesselar mean?
Tesselar means formed of tesserae, like a mosaic.
What part of speech is tesselar?
Tesselar is an adjective.

Words near tesselar in the dictionary

  1. tessaratomid
  2. tessaratomids
  3. tessarine
  4. tessarines
  5. TESSAs
  6. tesselar
  7. tesselate
  8. tesselated
  9. tesselates
  10. tesselating
  11. tesselation

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