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🪨 With thin layers 🍃 Leaf-like decoration
foliated

foliated

8.1
Decorated with leaf shapes on things like buildings or furniture
  • adjective
  • /ˈfoʊliˌeɪtɪd/
translation icon : foliado
  • Each column was topped with a foliated capital adorned with intricate leaf patterns.

Examples

  • The cathedral's windows featured foliated tracery typical of Gothic architecture.

  • The furniture was expertly carved, displaying foliated designs along the edges.

  • The foliated designs on the building are stunning.

  • I love the foliated patterns in this artwork.

  • Each column was topped with a foliated capital adorned with intricate leaf patterns.

  • The cathedral's windows featured foliated tracery typical of Gothic architecture.

  • The furniture was expertly carved, displaying foliated designs along the edges.

Synonyms

filigreed
vsfoliated
1 8.5

Thin, detailed patterns like fine metalwork or lace cover the surface

uses leaf or foliage motifs rather than lace-like metal patterning
foliate
vsfoliated
8.4

Decorated with leaf shapes often used in art or buildings

is the same decoration but expressed in the -ed adjectival form
sprigged
vsfoliated
7.2

With a pattern of small leaves or flowers

is broader decoration using leaf forms rather than tiny repeated sprigs
leaflike
vsfoliated
4.3

Having the shape or look of a leaf

is decoration using leaf motifs rather than mere similarity in shape
sculptured
vsfoliated
5.7

Carved or shaped with careful design and fine detail

focuses specifically on leaf ornamentation rather than on being carved or molded
foliaceous
vsfoliated
  • Specialized
9.9

Having many leaves or looking like leaves on plants

describes decorative leaf representations, not actual many-leaved natural growth

Antonyms

plain
50 2.5

Not attractive to look at

unadorned
6 5.1

Plain in appearance with no decoration

How Leafy

foliated
8.1
decorated
2.7
plain
50 2.5

Surface Forms

foliated positive

Morphology

foliated = foliate (semi-transparent) = foli + ate + ed

Derived from 'foliate' + -ed in a regular way, but 'foli-' is a specialized combining form that many learners may not identify with 'leaf'.

Etymology

Foliated comes from the Latin word folium meaning 'leaf' and is related to the everyday word foliage. A helpful image is carved or painted leaves on a column or window, so foliated means decorated with leaf or leaf-like designs.