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in⋅tar⋅si⋅a

  [in-tahr-see-uh]
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–noun
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, esp. of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
Also, tarsia.

Origin:
1860–65; alter. (influenced by It tarsia) of It intarsio, deriv. of intarsiare to inlay, equiv. to in- in- 2 + tarsiare < Ar tarṣīʿ an inlay, incrustation; see tarsia

Related forms:
in⋅tar⋅si⋅ate  [in-tahr-see-eyt, -it] , adjective
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in·tar·si·a   (ĭn-tär'sē-ə)   
n.  

  1. A decorative inlaid pattern in a surface, especially a mosaic worked in wood.

  2. A knitted design resembling a mosaic that is visible on both sides of a fabric.

  3. The art or practice of making intarsias.


[German, from Italian intarsio, from intarsiare, to inlay : in-, in (from Latin; see in-2) + tarsia, inlaid mosaic work (from Arabic tarṣī', inlaying, setting, infinitive of raṣṣa'a, to inlay, derived stem of raṣi'a, to adhere; see rṣʕ in Semitic roots).]
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