figured

verbadjectivecommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈfɪɡəd//
Canada//ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd//

Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.

verb

1
Also a form of figuresimple past and past participle of figure
I had him figured for a lawyer or even a judge.

Etymology

From figure + -ed.

adjective

1
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.
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.

Forms

comparative: more figured
superlative: most figured

fighter · A person who fights; a combatant.fighting · Engaged in war or other conflict.figure · A drawing or diagram conveying information.

figured · Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.

figures · It figures.figuring · Calculation.file · A collection of papers collated and archived together.

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