Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ornamented with filigree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adorned with filigree.
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- adjective Having
filigree ornamentation - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
filigree .
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Examples
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Witty, larky, clever the swank man and the swankier woman recall the filigreed mysteries of Thirties Hollywood.
Richard Lupoff; Gold Medal bestsellers; Richard Neely Ed Gorman 2008
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Witty, larky, clever the swank man and the swankier woman recall the filigreed mysteries of Thirties Hollywood.
Archive 2008-06-01 Ed Gorman 2008
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Chocolate is still the king of beverages, often served in the same kind of filigreed gourds depicted on Classic Mayan vases.
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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Chocolate is still the king of beverages, often served in the same kind of filigreed gourds depicted on Classic Mayan vases.
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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Chocolate is still the king of beverages, often served in the same kind of filigreed gourds depicted on Classic Mayan vases.
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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Oh, and I almost forgot—all of it is layered and leavened, feathered and filigreed in gruyere cheese.
Hold the...Well, Nothing Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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The filigreed ironwork of a stairway saved from Louis Sullivan's demolished Chicago Stock Exchange leads unexpectedly to the second floor.
The New World Reborn Ada Louise Huxtable 2012
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The nose of this off-dry Riesling is a veritable floral cloud while the wine itself is fairly delicate, almost filigreed, with a long, stony finish.
Drink, Memory: How to Remember That Wine Lettie Teague 2011
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He ranks today among the three greatest tenors of all time, but few see past the high, mighty and wind-blown peak of John Coltrane, the most recent mountain in that extended range, to see his more subtle, nuanced and filigreed art.
Hail to the Pres: Celebrating Lester Young's Birthday Con Chapman 2011
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"Countdown" was a smart, progressive refuge and a reliable rebuke to rival Fox News Channel pundits where Olbermann would chronicle the day's events, interview guests, deliver blistering commentaries in filigreed prose, needle hand-picked scoundrels (as in his Worst Persons fixture), and wrap the whole package with literate trappings and pop-culture wit (his readings from James Thurber short stories were a regular feature).
Keith Olbermann: Current TV Will Be All News In Prime Time 2011
seancroft commented on the word filigreed
–noun
1. delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, esp. lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
2. anything very delicate or fanciful: a filigree of frost.
–adjective
3. composed of or resembling filigree.
–verb (used with object)
4. to adorn with or form into filigree.
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February 8, 2009
sionnach commented on the word filigreed
used in a sentence:
Filigreed to go to the prom with Charlie, provided he could wear the pumpkin chiffon bridesmaid's dress Lureen had broken a rib fighting for during the annual Groundhog's Day melee in Belinda's Bridal Basement Bonanza.
February 8, 2009
bilby commented on the word filigreed
Filigreed is no match for colt avarice.
February 8, 2009