AUREATE

aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden

(adjective) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; “long aureate (or golden) hair”; “a gold carpet”

aureate, florid, flamboyant

(adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented; “flamboyant handwriting”; “the senator’s florid speech”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

aureate (comparative more aureate, superlative most aureate)

Golden in color or shine.

(rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin.

Source: Wiktionary


Au"re*ate, a. Etym: [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr. aurum gold.]

Definition: Golden; gilded. Skelton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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