Gilded
//ˈɡɪldɪd// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of gild form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having the color or quality of gold.
- 2 Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
- 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 having the deep slightly brownish color of gold wordnet
- 2 made from or covered with gold wordnet
- 3 ostentatiously rich and superior in quality wordnet
- 4 based on pretense; deceptively pleasing wordnet
Example
More examples"The noble lady drove by towards the baron's mansion with her three daughters, in a gilded carriage drawn by six horses."
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