filigrain

or fil·i·grane

[ fil-i-greyn ]

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noun

filigree.

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Word History and Origins

1660–70; < French filigrane watermark, filigree < Italian filigrana < Latin fīli-, combining form of fīlum thread + grāna, plural of grānum grain

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