fil·i·gree (f l -gr  )
n.
1. Delicate and intricate ornamental work made from gold, silver, or other fine twisted wire.
2.
a. An intricate, delicate, or fanciful ornamentation.
b. A design resembling such ornamentation: filigrees of frosting on a cake.
tr.v. fil·i·greed, fil·i·gree·ing, fil·i·grees
To decorate with or as if with filigree.
[Alteration of French filigrane, from Italian filigrana : Latin f
 lum, thread; see gwh- in Indo-European roots + Latin gr num, grain; see g  -no- in Indo-European roots.] |
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I'll bet Isabella would like a bracelet made of filigree.
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