majolica Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide
    maiolica.

WordNet

Ma*jol"i*ca noun
Etymology
It.
Definitions
  1. A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century. ✍ The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture. Heyse.

Webster 1913