TESSERA


Meaning of TESSERA in English

[ 'tɛs(ə)rə ]

■ noun ( plural ~e -ri: )

1》 a small block of stone, tile, etc. used in a mosaic.

2》 (in ancient Greece and Rome) a small tablet of wood or bone used as a token.

Derivatives

~l adjective

Origin

C17: via L. from Gk, neut. of tesseres , var. of tessares 'four'.

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