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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats