ma·jol·i·ca (m?-j?l??-k?, -y?l?-)n.1. Tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy.2. Pottery made in imitation of this earthenware.[Italian maiolica, from Medieval Latin M?i?lica, Majorca (where it was made), alteration of Late Latin M?i?rica.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.majolica (m??d??l?k?; m??j?l-) or maiolican (Ceramics) a type of porous pottery glazed with bright metallic oxides that was originally imported into Italy via Majorca and was extensively made in Italy during the Renaissance[C16: from Italian, from Late Latin M?jorica Majorca]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ma?jol?i?ca (m??d??l ? k?, m??y?l-) also maiolica n. 1. Italian earthenware covered with an opaque glaze of tin oxide and usu. highly decorated. 2. any similar earthenware. [1545?55;