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Word entry · 8 letters

filigree

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"Delicate metalwork"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɪl.ɪ.ɡɹiː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eefgiilrStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make filigree, as with a precious metal

Word origin

From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin fīlum (“thread”) + grānum (“grain”).

Used in a sentence

  • To carry pure death in an earring, a casket, / A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!
  • Her brown hair was waved in front and done up behind in a great twist, held by a tortoiseshell comb with gold filigree.
  • After that, having studied herself gravely in a long glass, she took from one of the drawers of her dressing-table a black leather card-case cornered in silver filigree, but found it empty.

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