filagree
Americannoun
noun
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Judiciary Committee members in both parties should ask questions that probe the souls of nominees — simple, direct questions stripped of rhetorical filagree.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2020
When Brown said recently, "Mary Magdalene is a historical figure whose time has come," he meant a figure with a lot of mythic filagree.
From Time Magazine Archive
She eventually decided on a filagree headdress she would wear atop a turban —and a long strand of hand-carved carnelian beads, not necessarily for the costume.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The silver had already been stored for the night, the bosses of great bowls, flowered rims, and filagree edgings shining from darkling recesses.
From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Geraldine Bonner
His rifle was silver-mounted and his powder-horn was partly of silver filagree work.
From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by W. Bertram Foster
He continued to widen the opening till, upon throwing down a blue light, there stood revealed a perfect dome, exquisitely filagreed.
From Idle Hour Stories by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
Close mountains green and dense with forest trees, their crests filagreed with redwoods.
From The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The frames are broad but not deep, and richly carved, without being dulled or filagreed.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Edgar Allan Poe
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