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gilded

[ gil-did ]

adjective

  1. covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.
  2. having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth.


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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·Ļ adjective
  • ܲ·Ļ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gilded1

before 1000; gild 1 + -ed 2; replacing Middle English gild, Old English gegyld
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And yet the chapels, mosaics and gilded wood of Santa Maria Maggiore remain stunning.

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I’m struck by your reference there to how this kind of post-Reconstruction, gilded, social Darwinist era kind of paved the road for fascism to come later.

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He repeatedly shouted that Trump has "no mandate to cut Medicaid" while pointing his gilded cane toward the podium.

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His other premier work is a classic man-on-a-horse — the gilded equestrian statue of William Tecumseh Sherman, victorious Union Army general, standing in front of the Plaza Hotel at an entrance to New York’s Central Park.

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Or will we be turned off by the opulence of the gilded golfing life enjoyed by the biggest stars?

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