tessera
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tessera
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Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
noun tesserae
- A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic. The map was laid using tesserae, small cube-shaped tiles of limestone, marble, or colored stone.
- A complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton.
- An ancient Roman die. During the reign of Augustus, Rome imported marble from Egypt and Africa, and games of tali and tessera were played.
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Talk about this word "tessera." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tessera. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tessera. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tessera "tessera." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tessera.Cite this
@misc{tessera_2026,
title = {tessera},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tessera},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
