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aureate
[ awr-ee-it, -eyt ]
adjective
- golden or gilded.
- brilliant; splendid.
- characterized by an ornate style of writing or speaking.
aureate
/ -ˌeɪt; ˈɔːrɪɪt /
adjective
- covered with gold; gilded
- of a golden colour
- (of a style of writing or speaking) excessively elaborate or ornate; florid
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Derived Forms
- ˈaureateness, noun
- ˈaureately, adverb
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Other Words From
- aure·ate·ly adverb
- aure·ate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aureate1
C15: from Late Latin aureātus gilded, from Latin aureus golden, from aurum gold
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Example Sentences
The golden statue veered in the changing breeze, menacing many points on the horizon with its aureate arrow.
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Not a single blemish was there upon her beautiful body, made aureate like a tawny, ripe fruit by the golden down of soft hair.
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Caiques carrying merchants to their homes somewhere along the upper shores were burnished with the aureate hue.
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The aureate light, streaming on, beat full upon the howitzer and on the living and unwounded of its men.
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Here and there the falling golden leaves of a pomegranate made an aureate glow on the red-brown earth.
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