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

  • 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

  • Witty, larky, clever the swank man and the swankier woman recall the filigreed mysteries of Thirties Hollywood.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Ed Gorman 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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

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  • –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.

    -Dictionary.com

    February 8, 2009

  • 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

  • Filigreed is no match for colt avarice.

    February 8, 2009