figured

English

Etymology

From figure + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪɡəd/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɪɡəd

Verb

figured

1. simple past and past participle of figure

   I had him figured for a lawyer or even a judge.

Adjective

figured (comparative more figured, superlative most figured)

1. (of a natural material) Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.

   Figured wood is especially sought after for its distinctive texture.

2. Adorned with a figure or figures.
   • 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:

     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.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 446:

     Some of these mosaics have been carefully altered to replaced figured by non-figured designs.

Derived terms

• figured bass
• full-figured
• multifigured
• unfigured

Translations

having an attractive pattern

• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 影 (zh) (yǐng), 影木 (yǐngmù)

• Finnish: kuviollinen
• Russian: фигу́рный (ru) (figúrnyj), узо́рчатый (ru) (uzórčatyj) (inwrought)

References

• Figure (wood) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fudgier