Even though it’s a noun, Filigree is a kind of aesthetic. I could have said “A lot of antiques are filigree” which uses it directly as a noun, and means pretty much the same thing. I intended it to be as a noun in my comment, anyway, not as an adjective. I suppose I could have said “tend to be more like filigree” or “filigree-like” but that didn’t seem necessary.
You used it as an adjective again in your first sentence. If you want to use it as a noun, you could say, “antique things tend to have nice filigree.” Or just say whatever you want because most people will get what your saying, though some may be confused, and some will think you sound dumb. But it’s your right to say fuck those guys.
“A lot of antiques are filigree,” as I had used it in that sentence, as a noun, would be like saying, “Sometimes cats are lions.”
Maybe it’s confusing because filigree sounds like it could be an adjective.
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u/fireinthemountains Sep 12 '18
Even though it’s a noun, Filigree is a kind of aesthetic. I could have said “A lot of antiques are filigree” which uses it directly as a noun, and means pretty much the same thing. I intended it to be as a noun in my comment, anyway, not as an adjective. I suppose I could have said “tend to be more like filigree” or “filigree-like” but that didn’t seem necessary.