Definitions for filigree

filigree fil·i·gree

Spelling: [fil-i-gree]
IPA: /ˈfɪl ɪˌgri/

Filigree is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in filigree (eefgiilr).

Definitions for filigree

noun

  1. delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
  2. anything very delicate or fanciful:

adjective

  1. composed of or resembling filigree.

verb (used with object)

  1. to adorn with or form into filigree.

Origin of filigree

1685-95; earlier filigreen, variant of filigrain

Examples for filigree

It is adorned with bosses of filigree alternating with pyramidal projections.

Those spindles are Persian, while the filigree is more Byzantine than anything else.

He remembered the motto curiously worked in filigree of gold.

While she was still admiring it, Peggy picked up the filigree necklace.

It consists of a disc of silver 4½ inches in diameter, enriched with filigree.

The Indian filigree work is the finest and cheapest in the world.

There are several methods of preparing the wire called “filigree.”

This method is generally in vogue with most filigree workers.

He handed her the filigree necklace she had admired so much.

Some of our filigree glass, it is true, became too elaborate to be beautiful.

Word Value for filigree
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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