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gilded
[ gil-did ]
adjective
- covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.
- having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth.
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·Ļ adjective
- ܲ·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
And yet the chapels, mosaics and gilded wood of Santa Maria Maggiore remain stunning.
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.
He repeatedly shouted that Trump has "no mandate to cut Medicaid" while pointing his gilded cane toward the podium.
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.
Or will we be turned off by the opulence of the gilded golfing life enjoyed by the biggest stars?
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