aureate

au·re·ate

A0523400 (ôr′ē-ĭt)adj.1. Of a golden color; gilded.2. Inflated and pompous in style.

---

[Middle English aureat, from Late Latin aureātus, from aureus, golden, from aurum, gold.]

---

au′re·ate·ly adv.au′re·ate·ness n.

aureate

(ˈɔːrɪɪt; -ˌeɪt) adj1. covered with gold; gilded2. (Colours) of a golden colour3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of a style of writing or speaking) excessively elaborate or ornate; florid[C15: from Late Latin aureātus gilded, from Latin aureus golden, from aurum gold] ˈaureately adv ˈaureateness n

au•re•ate

(ˈɔr i ɪt, -ˌeɪt)

adj. 1. golden or gilded. 2. characterized by ornate, often pompous language. [1400–50; late Middle English aureat < Late Latin aureātus decorated with gold] au′re•ate•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	aureate - elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"florid, flamboyantfancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
	2.	aureate - having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"gilded, gilt, golden, goldchromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

aureate

adjectiveCharacterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen.

Translations

àureo