Tesselschade

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Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. TES-səl-skhah:-də  [key]

Meaning & History

Combination of Tessel (referring to the Dutch island Texel) and schade "damage".

A Dutch merchant severely damaged his ship near Texel on the day of his daughter birth and named her Tesselschade. The daughter in question is Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, a Dutch poet and engraver.
Added 11/10/2013 by anonymous
Edited 2/16/2014 by X-Mar