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traceried

[ trey-suh-reed ]

adjective

  1. ornamented or decorated with tracery.


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Other Words From

  • un·tracer·ied adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of traceried1

First recorded in 1835–45; tracery + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

For France was his holiday world, the world of his fancy and imagination, a great traceried window opening on the universe.

Behind a traceried grillwork lay heaped a mound of treasures such as no human eye will ever see again.

The internal courtyard is surrounded by buildings of three stages in height, with open arcades to each, and traceried balconies.

The triforium is well developed, having large traceried openings; and the church is groined throughout.

At present both bays are similar—quadripartite—and the clerestory is filled with large traceried windows.

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