filigree

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Use filigree in a sentence

Filigree wall decoration.

adjective

The definition of filigree is something made in a lace-like design.
An example of filigree used as an adjective is in the phrase a filigree decoration on a building.

noun

Filigree is defined as delicate, ornamental work made of intertwined gold and silver wire, or a design that resembles this.
An example of a filigree is an intricately-crafted Christmas tree ornament.

verb

Filigree means to decorate with delicate work made of intertwined metal.
An example of filigree is to decorate a gate with a lace-like design.

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filigree

delicate, lacelike ornamental work of intertwined wire of gold, silver, etc.
any delicate work or design like this

Origin of filigree

altered from earlier filigrain from French filigrane from Italian filigrana from Classical Latin filum, a thread (see file) + granum, grain

like, made of, or made into filigree

transitive verb

-·greed·, -·gree·ing

to ornament with filigree

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filigree

noun

Delicate and intricate ornamental work made from gold, silver, or other fine twisted wire.
a. An intricate, delicate, or fanciful ornamentation.
b. A design resembling such ornamentation: filigrees of frosting on a cake.

transitive verb

fil·i·greed, fil·i·gree·ing, fil·i·grees

To decorate with or as if with filigree.

Origin of filigree

Alteration of French filigrane from Italian filigrana Latin fīlum thread ; see g^whī- in Indo-European roots.Latin grānum grain ; see g&rlowring;ə-no- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural filigrees)

A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present filigrees, present participle filigreeing, simple past and past participle filigreed)

To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

Origin

From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin fīlum (“thread”) + grānum (“grain”)

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