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gilded
adjective
Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
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ˈɡɪldɪd
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adjective
Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
“Long aureate (or golden) hair”
adjective
Made from or covered with gold
“Gold coins”
adjective
Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
“A princely sum”
adjective
Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
“The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility”
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Long aureate (or golden) hair
A gold carpet
Gold coins
The gold dome of the Capitol
The golden calf
Gilded icons
A princely sum
Gilded dining rooms
These architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous
The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
Meretricious praise
A meretricious argument
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