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Filigreed

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fil·i·gree  (fl-gr)
n.
1. Delicate and intricate ornamental work made from gold, silver, or other fine twisted wire.
2.
a. An intricate, delicate, or fanciful ornamentation.
b. A design resembling such ornamentation: filigrees of frosting on a cake.
tr.v. fil·i·greed, fil·i·gree·ing, fil·i·grees
To decorate with or as if with filigree.
[Alteration of French filigrane, from Italian filigrana : Latin flum, thread; see gwh- in Indo-European roots + Latin grnum, grain; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]


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We moved along the sinuous gravel walks, with the great concourse of girls and young men, and suddenly a domed and filigreed white temple, starred over and over and over again with brilliant gas jets, burst upon us like a fallen sun.
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