American English pronunciation
How to pronounce gilded
IPA transcription: ['ɡɪldɪd]
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Verb
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decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Adjective
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having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
“long aureate (or golden) hair”
“a gold carpet”
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rich and superior in quality
“a princely sum”
“gilded dining rooms”
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made from or covered with gold
“gold coins”
“the gold dome of the Capitol”
“the golden calf”
“gilded icons”
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based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
“the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility”
“meretricious praise”
“a meretricious argument”
Usage examples
- All letters are gilded.
- The tomb also contained the partly gilded rotten wooden coffin of the king.
- Minarets were resurfaced while the domes were re-gilded, while new marble floors were installed.
- The style uses ornate carving, is heavily gilded, and is covered in elaborate cloth.
- The gilded statue of Youth which crowns the dome is by John Hutchison.
- The metalwork is often made of beaten silver, sometimes gilded.