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Gilded

//ˈɡɪldɪd// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the color or quality of gold.
  2. 2
    Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
  3. 3
    Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.

    "All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms infold. Had you been as wise as bold, Young in limbs, in judgement old, Your answer had not been inscroll'd: Fare you well; your suit is cold."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold wordnet
  2. 2
    made from or covered with gold wordnet
  3. 3
    ostentatiously rich and superior in quality wordnet
  4. 4
    based on pretense; deceptively pleasing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of gild form-of, participle, past

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