parsemé

See also: parseme and parsème

English

Etymology

From French parsemé.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːsəmeɪ/

Adjective

parsemé (comparative more parsemé, superlative most parsemé)

(now rare, italicized) Sprinkled, scattered (usually with something).
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 120:
  Edward II gave to Piers Gaveston a suit of red-gold armour studded with jacinths, a collar of gold roses set with turquoise-stones, and a skull-cap parsemé with pearls.

Anagrams

Parmese, amperes, ampères

French

Participle

parsemé (feminine parsemée, masculine plural parsemés, feminine plural parsemées)

past participle of parsemer

Anagrams

ampères, asperme, empares, emparés, rampées

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