filigreed


fil·i·gree

F0119100 (fĭl′ĭ-grē′)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 fīlum, thread; see gwhī- in Indo-European roots + Latin grānum, grain; see gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots.]