parsemé

See also: parseme and parsème

English

Etymology

From French parsemé.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːsəmeɪ/

Adjective

parsemé (comparative more parsemé, superlative most parsemé)

1. (now rare, italicized) Sprinkled, scattered (usually with something).
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 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)

1. past participle of parsemer

Anagrams

• ampères, asperme, empares, emparés, rampées