figured
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡəd/ / /ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English figure English -ed English figured From figure + -ed.
- Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.
“Figured wood is especially sought after for its distinctive texture.”
- 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.”
“Some of these mosaics have been carefully altered to replaced figured by non-figured designs.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English figure English -ed English figured From figure + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of figure
“I had him figured for a lawyer or even a judge.”