a. Obs. rare. [f. L. tesserārius pertaining to tesseræ or dice + -AN.] Of or pertaining to dice or to gaming. Tesserarian art [L. ars tesseraria], the art of dice-playing. So † Tesserarious a. Obs. rare–0, in same sense.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Tesserarious … of, or belonging to a die, or to tessera.
1781. Gibbon, Decl. & F., xxxi. III. 209. A superior degree of skill in the Tesserarian art (… the game of dice and tables).
1797. Sporting Mag., X. 44.
