Wedgwood

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English habitational surname from a place in Staffordshire.
  2. 2
    The ceramic ware with white embossed cameos made by Josiah Wedgwood, English potter.

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josiah wedgwood

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"Charles Darwin’s personal life was also expanding. In eighteen thirty-nine, he married Emma Wedgwood, his cousin. He told her his ideas about how species evolve over time — what he called the transmutation of species."

Etymology

From Old English wice (“wych elm”) + wudu (“wood”).

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Wedgwood blueWedgwood green

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