figured

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figured

  • /ˈfɪɡəd/ UK
  • /ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd/ Canada

Rhymes with (UK) -ɪɡəd

Where it comes from

From figure + -ed.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of figure I had him figured for a lawyer or even a judge.

adjective more figured · 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. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: patterned, pictured, saw, felt, found, contained, shaped, pelike, stamnos, hydria, lekythos, kylix, skyphos, illustrated, featured, occupied

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adj having an attractive pattern

中文影 yǐng, 影木 yǐngmù
Русскийфигу́рный figúrnyj, узо́рчатый uzórčatyj

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"figured." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/figured. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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figured. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/figured

Chicago

"figured." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/figured.

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@misc{figured_2026,
  title = {figured},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/figured},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}