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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
filigree /ˈfɪlɪgriː/ (also filagree)

▶noun delicate ornamental work of fine gold, silver, or copper wire.

– derivatives
filigreed adjective.

– origin C17 (earlier as filigreen, filigrane): from Fr. filigrane, from Ital. filigrana (from L. filum ‘thread’ + granum ‘seed’).

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