Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fillagree

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fil-la-gree
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of filigree.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] his precious helpmate sat grinning at the mischief she had occasioned, like an idiot, asking Colonel Lamborn to help her to some of them there thingumbobs out of the silver what-d’ye-call’um. These thingumbobs happened to be no other than a service of West India sweetmeats in a superb fillagree epergne, […]"
"Donna Margaretta's cup was of exquisitely painted china, and placed on a small silver stand wrought in filagree."

Usage

Inflected Forms

fillagrees (plural)

Synonyms

filigree filagree

Questions

What does fillagree mean?: Archaic form of filigree.

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