Also -elate. [ad. late L. tessellāt-us: see next.] = TESSELLATED.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. xlvi. 289. Tessellate,… painted in checquer-work.
1872. Longf., Wayside Inn, III. Azrael, 2. King Solomon … on the pavement tesselate Was walking.
1876. J. Ellis, Caesar in Egypt, 30. Along the floor, Chromatic, tesselate with marbles rare.
B. sb. in Variegated tessellate, an American butterfly, Hesperia montivagus, found in Florida, Mexico, and The Rocky Mountains.
1909. in Cent. Dict., Suppl.
