Dictionary definition · gilded
adjective
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold"long aureate (or golden) hair"
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
- ostentatiously rich and superior in quality"a princely sum"
- made from or covered with gold"gold coins"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).