Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of figure
I had him figured for a lawyer or even a judge.
comparative more figured · superlative most figured
- 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.
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 4461 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 影, 影木
- 影 (yǐng)having an attractive pattern
- 影木 (yǐngmù)having an attractive pattern
Finnish kuviollinen
- kuviollinenhaving an attractive pattern
Russian фигу́рный, узо́рчатый
- фигу́рный (figúrnyj)having an attractive pattern
- узо́рчатый (uzórčatyj)having an attractive pattern
Cite this entry
figured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figured
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