Fitzhugh

noun

Fitz·​hugh

plural -s

: a pattern (as of pomegranates or butterflies) appearing on Chinese export porcelain of the 18th and earlier 19th centuries

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of Foochow (Minhow), city in southeastern China

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