filigreed
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8.5
- adjective
- /ˈfɪlɪˌɡrid/
:
filigranado
- She held what looked to be a filigreed dueling pistol in her gloved hand.
- filigreed gold
- filigreed silver
- filigreed door
Examples
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This is some of the finest filigreed platinum I've ever seen.
Fiction book (1990) -
They're made of filigreed gold, delicate as a web, and studded with tiny diamonds.
Fiction book (1999) -
For it is as filigreed as a Moorish temple and as simple as a child.
Fiction book (1996) -
You looked up, and the ceilings were filigreed.
Academic text (2010) -
The intricate designs on some of the hands suggest the filigreed patterns of lace gloves worn by European women.
Academic text (2002) -
I admire the filigreed wrought-iron railings of the open staircase.
Fiction book (1993) -
There was also a necklace of filigreed beads in some dark, dense wood, and a bracelet of semiprecious stones bound in a crude silver setting.
Fiction book (1994) -
Illustrating the school's immense success at training woodworkers, a large filigreed wooden archway crafted in the school's woodshop welcomed visitors as they entered.
Blog text (22) -
After a dinner of cold cuts, potato salad, Ballantine for Len and me, and Cel-Ray for Aaron and Marcia, we walked three blocks to the Eagle, a pre-war theater that was still filigreed and clean-looking.
Fiction book (2001) -
The jewelry was adorned with filigreed patterns that caught the light beautifully.
Synonyms
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8.6
Being very decorated and showy in style, often with many small details
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3.2
Made of thin cloth with small open patterns
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6.1
An object that has small pieces of another material set into its surface in a pattern
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8.7
Fabric with a raised pattern made by weaving or embroidery
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9.6
Having a very showy, overly decorated style
Having a thin, delicate pattern of many small holes
A surface decorated with a repeated pattern of crossing lines
Having a woven or printed pattern on the surface
Covered with small things that make something look more beautiful
Antonyms
How Ornate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filigreed comes from the Latin parts filum 'thread' and granum 'grain', because the old metal craft used very thin threads and tiny beads. So, a filigreed object is decorated with delicate, thread-like patterns, like lace made of metal.