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gilded

Dictionary definition · gilded

adjective

  1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold"long aureate (or golden) hair"
  2. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
  3. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality"a princely sum"
  4. made from or covered with gold"gold coins"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).