pennyfarthing (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[pennyfarthing 词源字典]
also penny farthing, penny-farthing, "ineffective," 1887, from penny + farthing, the two together making but a small sum. The noun, in reference to the kind of bicycle with a small wheel in back and a big one in front (so called from the notion of different size coins) is first recorded 1927.[pennyfarthing etymology, pennyfarthing origin, 英语词源]
millefioriyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A kind of ornamental glass in which a number of glass rods of different sizes and colours are fused together and cut into sections which form various patterns, typically embedded in colourless transparent glass to make items such as paperweights", Mid 19th century: from Italian millefiore, literally 'a thousand flowers'.