Definition of Filigreed

1. a. Adorned with filigree.

Definition of Filigreed

1. Adjective. Having filigree ornamentation ¹

2. Verb. (past of filigree) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filigreed

1. filigree [v] - See also: filigree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filigreed

filiciform
filicoid
filicoids
filiety
filiferous
filiform
filiform bougie
filiform nucleus
filiform papillae
filiform polyposis
filiform pulse
filiform wart
filigraned
filigree
filigreed (current term)
filigreeing
filigrees
filiment
filiments
filing
filing-cabinet
filing cabinet
filing cabinets
filing clerk
filing fee
filing fees
filing system
filings
filioparental

Literary usage of Filigreed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition: A Pictorial by Louis Christian Mullgardt, Maud Wotring Raymond (1915)
"... of the Ages is deepened by the vaulted ceiling, which, in its Roman simplicity of line, contrasts effectively with the filigreed exterior of the arcade. ..."

2. Lady of La Mancha by Lawrence Murray, Alessandra LaRocca (2002)
"Another worker punched a filigreed steel pattern which duplicated itself into the ... As the filigreed coin was extracted, its center again was pounded to ..."

3. The Innocents Abroad: Being an Account of the Steamship Quaker City's by Mark Twain (1899)
"As a general thing, we have been shown through palaces by some plush-legged, filigreed flunkey or other, who charged a franc for it; but after talking with ..."

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