faience

[fahy-ahns, fey-; Fr. fa-yahns] Origin

fa·ience

[fahy-ahns, fey-; Fr. fa-yahns]
noun
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
Also, fa·ïence.


Origin:
1705–15; < French, orig. pottery of Faenza, city in northern Italy

fiancé, fiancée, faience.
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Faience is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

faience
1714, from Fr. faïence, probably from Fayence, Fr. form of Faenza, city in Italy that was a noted ceramics center 16c.
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