filagree

American  

[fil-uh-gree] / ˈfɪl əˌgri /

noun

filagreed, filagreeing

1. a less common variant of filigree.

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filagree British  

/ ˈfɪləˌɡriː /

noun

1. a less common variant of filigree

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Example Sentences

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filagree filagreed

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 walls were lacquered with red and gold; and black-enameled pillars, inscribed with ideographs, were joined to the beams by filagree dragons.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Harry Hervey

The handles of the knives were fashioned into representations of saints and angels, and the costly ruby glasses, of Venetian origin, were surrounded with cases of gold filagree, of the most delicate and beautiful character.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever

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

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

Close mountains green and dense with forest trees, their crests filagreed with redwoods.

From The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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