Associations to the word «Filigree»

Wiktionary

FILIGREE, noun. A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
FILIGREE, noun. A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.
FILIGREE, verb. (transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

Dictionary definition

FILIGREE, noun. Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire).
FILIGREE, verb. Make filigree, as with a precious metal.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope