filigree
[fil-i-gree]
noun
delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
anything very delicate or fanciful: a filigree of frost.
adjective
composed of or resembling filigree.
verb (used with object), fil·i·greed, fil·i·gree·ing.
to adorn with or form into filigree.
Origin of filigree
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Examples from the Web for filigree
Historical Examples of filigree
Some of our filigree glass, it is true, became too elaborate to be beautiful.
The Story of GlassSara Ware Bassett
Those spindles are Persian, while the filigree is more Byzantine than anything else.
He remembered the motto curiously worked in filigree of gold.
Sir NigelArthur Conan Doyle
He handed her the filigree necklace she had admired so much.
The Secret of Casa GrandeHelen Randolph
While she was still admiring it, Peggy picked up the filigree necklace.
The Secret of Casa GrandeHelen Randolph
filigree
filagree or fillagree
noun
adjective
verb -grees, -greeing or -greed
Word Origin for filigree
C17: from earlier filigreen, from French filigrane, from Latin fīlum thread + grānum grain
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