Gilded Definition
gilded
- adjective
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
- rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
- made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
Words that rhyme with gilded
Usage tips for "gilded"
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