scagliola

English

Alternative forms

• scaliola

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scagliola, a diminutive of scaglia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

scagliola (usually uncountable, plural scagliolas)

1. Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
   • 1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:

     "I must work the garden - I must work the garden." I said to myself, five minutes later, as I waited, upstairs, in the long, dusty sala, where the bare scagliola floor gleamed vaguely in a chink of the closed shutters.

Italian

Alternative forms

• scagliuola

Etymology

From scaglia +‎ -ola.

Noun

scagliola f (plural scagliole)

1. a fine gypsum used for plaster modelling and stucco

Descendants

• → Catalan: escaiola
• → English: scagliola