Word of the Day – Filigree

Filigree (Also Filagree) (noun)

fil-a-gri

Ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery.

Late 17th century (earlier as filigreen, filigrane): from French filigrane, from Italian filigrana (from Latin filum ‘thread’ + granum ‘seed’).

Example sentences

“Much of the leaf ha rotted away, leaving a fine silver filigree. ”