gilded
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gilded
- simple past and past participle of gild
Adjective
[edit]gilded
- Having the color or quality of gold.
- Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
- Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having the color or quality of gold
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made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold
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having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated
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