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Black walls and thick charcoal carpet were brightened by tessellating series of slim white stripes, while the door and closet popped in bright chartreuse.
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Or the bandeirinhas could be tessellated across an entire canvas, their edges woozily tilting off the perpendicular.
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Origin and Etymology of tessellate
Late Latin tessellatus, past participle of tessellare to pave with tesserae, from Latin tessella, diminutive of tessera
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