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noun
1.
enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin metal bands fixed edgewise to the ground.
adjective
2.
pertaining to, forming, or resembling cloisonné or the pattern of cloisonné.
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Cloisonne
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
cloisonne
1863, "divided into compartments," from Fr. cloisonné, from cloison "a partition," from Prov. clausio, from L. noun of action from clausus "shut" (see clause).
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