filagree
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əˌgri
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Filagree
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
filigree, filagree or fillagree (ˈfɪlɪˌɡriː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | delicate ornamental work of twisted gold, silver, or other wire |
| 2. | any fanciful delicate ornamentation |
| —adj | |
| 3. | made of or as if with filigree |
| —vb , -grees, -greeing, -greed | |
| 4. | (tr) to decorate with or as if with filigree |
| [C17: from earlier filigreen, from French filigrane, from Latin fīlum thread + grānum | |
| filagree, filagree or fillagree | |
| —n | |
| —adj | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: from earlier filigreen, from French filigrane, from Latin fīlum thread + grānum | |
| fillagree, filagree or fillagree | |
| —n | |
| —adj | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: from earlier filigreen, from French filigrane, from Latin fīlum thread + grānum | |
| filigreed, filagree or fillagree | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
Intrados-soffits are embellished with cast-plaster coffered panels with applied decorative plaster filagree.
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