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noun
- glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
noun
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- tin-glazed earthenware, usually that of French, German, Italian, or Scandinavian origin
- (as modifier)a faïence cup
1714, from French faïence (16c.), probably from Fayence, French form of Faenza, city in Italy that was a noted ceramics center 16c. The city name is Latin faventia, literally “silence, meditation,” perhaps a reference to a tranquil location.
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