mosaicist

[moh-zey-uh-sist]

mo·sa·i·cist

[moh-zey-uh-sist]
noun
a person who works in mosaic.

Origin:
1840–50; mosaic + -ist
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Mosaicist is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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mosaic (məˈzeɪɪk)
 
n
1.  a design or decoration made up of small pieces of coloured glass, stone, etc
2.  the process of making a mosaic
3.  a.  a mottled yellowing that occurs in the leaves of plants affected with any of various virus diseases
 b.  Also called: mosaic disease any of the diseases, such as tobacco mosaic, that produce this discoloration
4.  genetics another name for chimera
5.  an assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture of a large area on the ground
6.  a light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube, consisting of a large number of granules of photoemissive material deposited on an insulating medium
 
[C16: via French and Italian from Medieval Latin mōsaicus, from Late Greek mouseion mosaic work, from Greek mouseios of the Muses, from mousaMuse]
 
mosaicist
 
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