aureateadj.

/ˈɔːriːət/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s aureat, 1500s aureait.

Etymology: < Latin aureātus decorated with gold, < aureus : see aureal adj. and -ate suffix².

1. Golden, gold-coloured.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow

gildenOE

goldena1382

goldya1398

dory1398

goldc1400

goldisha1425

sunlyc1425

goldlya1450

aureatec1450

gildedc1450

giltenc1450

scorn-golda1586

Pactolian1586

aureal1587

gold colour1648

gold-coloured1674

spun gold1728

aurulent1731

aurelian1791

deaurated1818

Tuscan1830

corn-coloured1854

old gold1877

buttercup yellow1880

aureoline1881

sun gold1887

Tuscan-coloured1905

guinea-gold1938

spun-golden1978

c1450 Crt. Love 817 With aureat seint about her sides clene.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 378/2 This præcious aureate or goulden water.

1845 D. Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 58 410 The aureate furze..lent its peculiar perfume.

2. figurative. Brilliant or splendid as gold, esp. in literary or rhetorical skill; spec. designating or characteristic of a highly ornamental literary style or diction (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > aureate

aureate1430

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > and splendid

wlonkOE

clear1362

wlonkfulc1400

royalc1425

imperial?1435

magnificousa1474

splendidious?a1475

triumphant1494

glorious1622

aureate1625

candid1648

splendid1653

magnifico1654

magnificent1664

dazzling1749

splendiferous1827

angeliferous1837

million-dollar1854

purple1894

colossal1895

(like) a million dollars (also bucks)1911

swell1926

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy Prol. And of my penne the traces to correcte Whiche barrayne is of aureat lycoure.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 186 Your [Homer and Cicero's] aureate tongis both bene all to lyte For to compile that paradise complete.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1847 If I erre, I will beg indulgence of the Pope's aureat magnificence.

1819 T. Campbell Specimens Brit. Poets I. ii. 93 The prevailing fault of English diction, in the fifteenth century, is redundant ornament, and an affectation of anglicising Latin words. In this pedantry and use of ‘aureate terms’, the Scottish versifiers went even beyond their brethren of the south.

1908 G. G. Smith in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. II. iv. 93 The chief effort was to transform the simpler word and phrase into ‘aureate’ mannerism, to ‘illumine’ the vernacular.

1919 J. C. Mendenhall Aureate Terms i. 7 Such long and supposedly elegant words have been dubbed ‘aureate terms’, because..they represent a kind of verbal gilding of literary style. The phrase may be traced back..in the sense of long Latinical words of learned aspect, used to express a comparatively simple idea.

1936 C. S. Lewis Allegory of Love vi. 252 This peculiar brightness..is the final cause of the whole aureate style.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	aureate
释义	aureateadj. /ˈɔːriːət/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s aureat, 1500s aureait. Etymology: < Latin aureātus decorated with gold, < aureus : see aureal adj. and -ate suffix². 1. Golden, gold-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow gildenOE goldena1382 goldya1398 dory1398 goldc1400 goldisha1425 sunlyc1425 goldlya1450 aureatec1450 gildedc1450 giltenc1450 scorn-golda1586 Pactolian1586 aureal1587 gold colour1648 gold-coloured1674 spun gold1728 aurulent1731 aurelian1791 deaurated1818 Tuscan1830 corn-coloured1854 old gold1877 buttercup yellow1880 aureoline1881 sun gold1887 Tuscan-coloured1905 guinea-gold1938 spun-golden1978 c1450 Crt. Love 817 With aureat seint about her sides clene. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 378/2 This præcious aureate or goulden water. 1845 D. Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 58 410 The aureate furze..lent its peculiar perfume. 2. figurative. Brilliant or splendid as gold, esp. in literary or rhetorical skill; spec. designating or characteristic of a highly ornamental literary style or diction (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > aureate aureate1430 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > and splendid wlonkOE clear1362 wlonkfulc1400 royalc1425 imperial?1435 magnificousa1474 splendidious?a1475 triumphant1494 glorious1622 aureate1625 candid1648 splendid1653 magnifico1654 magnificent1664 dazzling1749 splendiferous1827 angeliferous1837 million-dollar1854 purple1894 colossal1895 (like) a million dollars (also bucks)1911 swell1926 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy Prol. And of my penne the traces to correcte Whiche barrayne is of aureat lycoure. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 186 Your [Homer and Cicero's] aureate tongis both bene all to lyte For to compile that paradise complete. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1847 If I erre, I will beg indulgence of the Pope's aureat magnificence. 1819 T. Campbell Specimens Brit. Poets I. ii. 93 The prevailing fault of English diction, in the fifteenth century, is redundant ornament, and an affectation of anglicising Latin words. In this pedantry and use of ‘aureate terms’, the Scottish versifiers went even beyond their brethren of the south. 1908 G. G. Smith in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. II. iv. 93 The chief effort was to transform the simpler word and phrase into ‘aureate’ mannerism, to ‘illumine’ the vernacular. 1919 J. C. Mendenhall Aureate Terms i. 7 Such long and supposedly elegant words have been dubbed ‘aureate terms’, because..they represent a kind of verbal gilding of literary style. The phrase may be traced back..in the sense of long Latinical words of learned aspect, used to express a comparatively simple idea. 1936 C. S. Lewis Allegory of Love vi. 252 This peculiar brightness..is the final cause of the whole aureate style. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1430
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