figured

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UK/ˈfɪɡəd/Canada/ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd/

adjective

Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.

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

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of figure

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

adjectivefigured (comparative more figured, superlative most figured)

comparative more figured · superlative most figured

  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.

    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
    1 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

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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
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “figured,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figured.

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