scagliola

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian scagliola, a diminutive of scaglia.

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Noun

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scagliola (usually uncountable, plural scagliolas)

  1. Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
    • 1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:
      "I must work the garden - I must work the garden." I said to myself, five minutes later, as I waited, upstairs, in the long, dusty sala, where the bare scagliola floor gleamed vaguely in a chink of the closed shutters.

Italian

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Etymology

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From scaglia +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skaʎˈʎo.la/
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Hyphenation: sca‧glió‧la

Noun

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scagliola f (plural scagliole)

  1. a fine gypsum used for plaster modelling and stucco

Descendants

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  • Catalan: escaiola
  • English: scagliola
  • Spanish: escayola