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
Many-coloured bandages wrapped the body in a close sheath; and the legs also were closely fastened together in a case of gold filagree.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
In these stores laces, gold and silver filagree work, jewelry, and embroidered muslins were the principal wares sought by the tourists.
From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Robert Urie Jacob
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
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
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