figured

[ fig-yerd ]
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adjective
  1. ornamented with a device or pattern: figured silk; figured wallpaper.

  2. formed or shaped: figured stones.

  1. represented by a pictorial or sculptured figure: The god is figured as part man, part beast.

  2. Music.

  3. figurative, as language.

Origin of figured

1
1350–1400; Middle English, past participle of figuren to figure; see -ed2

Other words from figured

  • fig·ured·ly [fig-yerd-lee, -yer-id-], /ˈfɪg yərd li, -yər ɪd-/, adverb
  • self-figured, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for figured

figured

/ (ˈfɪɡəd) /


adjective
  1. depicted as a figure in graphic art, painting, or sculpture

  2. decorated or patterned with a design

  1. having a form

  2. music

    • ornamental

    • (of a bass part) provided with numerals indicating accompanying harmonies

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