gilded

gilded

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪldɪd/

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Verb

gilded

1. simple past tense and past participle of gild

Adjective

gilded

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
3. 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 606515358, [Act II, scene vii]:

     All that glisters is not gold;
     Often have you heard that told:
     Many a man his life hath sold
     But my outside to behold
     Gilded tombs do worms infold.
     Had you been as wise as bold,
     Young in limbs, in judgement old,
     Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
     Fare you well; your suit is cold.

Derived terms

• gilded age
• Gilded Age
• gilded cage

 

Translations

having the color or quality of gold

Bulgarian: злати́ст (bg) m (zlatíst) Danish: gylden Dutch: gulden (nl) Finnish: kullanvärinen (fi) French: doré (fr) m Galician: dourado (gl) Georgian: ოქროსფერი (okrosperi), ოქროს (okros) Italian: dorato (it) Japanese: 金色の (ja) (きんいろの, kin'iro no) Latin: aureus (la) Polish: pozłacany (pl) m, złocony m Portuguese: dourado (pt) m, áureo (pt) m Romanian: auriu (ro) Russian: золоти́стый (ru) (zolotístyj), золото́й (ru) (zolotój) Spanish: dorado (es) Swedish: gyllene (sv)

made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold

Armenian: ոսկեզօծ (hy) (oskezōc) Bulgarian: зла́тен (bg) (zláten), позлате́н (bg) m (pozlatén) Chinese: Mandarin: 鍍金的／镀金的 (zh) (dùjīn), 鑲金的／镶金的 (zh) (xiāngjīn de) Danish: forgyldt Finnish: kullattu (fi) French: doré (fr) Galician: dourado (gl) Georgian: მოოქრული (mookruli), მოოქროვებული (mookrovebuli) German: vergoldet (de) Hebrew: מוזהב‎ (muzháv) Hungarian: aranyozott (hu) Latin: aureus (la) Norwegian: Bokmål: forgylt Nynorsk: forgylt Portuguese: áureo (pt) m Russian: позоло́ченный (ru) (pozolóčennyj) Spanish: áureo (es) (poetic)

having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated

Georgian: მოვარაყებული (movaraq̇ebuli)

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• glided