figured en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From figure + -ed.
Meanings
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(of a natural material) Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.
Figured wood is especially sought after for its distinctive texture.
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Adorned with a figure or figures.
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:Some of these mosaics have been carefully altered to replaced figured by non-figured designs.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 446:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more figured | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most figured | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
multifigured · figured bass · full-figured · unfigured
Translations (5)
cmn 影木 (having an attractive pattern) · fi kuviollinen (having an attractive pattern) · ru фигу́рный (having an attractive pattern) · ru узо́рчатый (having an attractive pattern) · cmn 影 (having an attractive pattern)