mosaicist

Mo·sa·ic  (m-zk)

adj.

Of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him.

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mo·sa·ic  (m-zk)

n.

1.

a. A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

b. The process or art of making such pictures or designs.

2. A composite picture made of overlapping, usually aerial, photographs.

3. Something that resembles a mosaic: a mosaic of testimony from various witnesses.

4. Botany A viral disease of plants, resulting in light and dark areas in the leaves, which often become shriveled and dwarfed.

5. A photosensitive surface, as in the iconoscope of a television camera.

6. Biology An individual exhibiting mosaicism.

tr.v. mo·sa·icked, mo·sa·ick·ing, mo·sa·ics

1. To make by mosaic: mosaic a design on a rosewood box.

2. To adorn with or as if with mosaic: mosaic a sidewalk.

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[Middle English musycke, from Old French mosaique, from Old Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin msicum, neuter of msicus, of the Muses, from Latin Msa, Muse, from Greek Mousa; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mo·sai·cist (m-z-sst) n.

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mosaicist

a mosaic maker or dealer in mosaics. Also mosaist.

See also: Occupations