Sekirov Dictionary

filigree

/ˈfɪl.ɪ.ɡɹiː/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
- To carry pure death in an earring, a casket, / A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket! — 1844
•
Anything resembling such intricate ornamentation.
- The trees grew so thickly and their foliage spread so widely that I could see nothing of the moon-light save that here and there the high branches made a tangled filigree against the starry sky. — 1912

verb1

To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

forms

filigreed · filigreeing · filigrees

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