filigree
noun/ˈfɪlɪɡriː/
/ˈfɪlɪɡriː/
[uncountable]- beautiful decoration made from thin gold or silver wire
- a gold filigree earring
- filigree work
Word Originlate 17th cent. (earlier as filigreen, filigrane): from French filigrane, from Italian filigrana (from Latin filum ‘thread’ + granum ‘seed’).Definitions on the go
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