Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
filigree .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word filagree.
Examples
-
These cups are inserted in filagree gold holders shaped somewhat like hour-glasses.
-
The other, who was a Mede, differed scarcely in his dress from Pausanias himself, except that he was profusely covered with ornaments; his arms were decorated with bracelets, he wore earrings, and a broad collar of unpolished stones in a kind of filagree was suspended from his throat.
Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
-
They have a delicate filagree of intramuscular fat that melts when cooked and makes the absolute most tender, juicy, flavorful meats.
Meathead Goldwyn: 12 Great Christmas Gifts for the Barbecue Lover Meathead Goldwyn 2010
-
They have a delicate filagree of intramuscular fat that melts when cooked and makes the absolute most tender, juicy, flavorful meats.
Meathead Goldwyn: Barbecue & Grilling Holiday Gift Guide Meathead Goldwyn 2010
-
They have a delicate filagree of intramuscular fat that melts when cooked and makes the absolute most tender, juicy, flavorful meats.
Meathead Goldwyn: Barbecue & Grilling Holiday Gift Guide Meathead Goldwyn 2010
-
They have a delicate filagree of intramuscular fat that melts when cooked and makes the absolute most tender, juicy, flavorful meats.
Meathead Goldwyn: 12 Great Christmas Gifts for the Barbecue Lover Meathead Goldwyn 2010
-
It's antique white gold filagree that is art deco in style.
Archive 2009-10-01 Allison 2009
-
The dance group hated the opera and wanted to be performing their own work instead, where they were the entire focus of attention, rather than being filagree in a controversial opera about Palestinian terrorists murdering Leon Klinghoffer.
Mark Morris and the Ravages of Time sfmike 2009
-
The dance group hated the opera and wanted to be performing their own work instead, where they were the entire focus of attention, rather than being filagree in a controversial opera about Palestinian terrorists murdering Leon Klinghoffer.
Archive 2009-03-01 sfmike 2009
-
It's antique white gold filagree that is art deco in style.
TTT (on time!) Allison 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.