latticinio

[ lat-i-cheen-yoh ]

noun

, plural lat·ti·ci·ni [lat-i-, chee, -nee].

1. an opaque, white glass first produced in Venice during the Renaissance, often used in thread form to decorate clear glass pieces.

Word History and Origins

Origin of latticinio¹

1850–55; < Italian < Late Latin lacticīnium food prepared with milk; lact-

Example Sentences

Every year bubbles of greater and greater beauty are being blown in these secluded places, and soon we hope to enrich commerce with all the elegances of latticinio and schmelze, the perfected glass of an American Venice.

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