aureate

[ awr-ee-it, -eyt ]
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adjective
  1. golden or gilded.

  2. brilliant; splendid.

  1. characterized by an ornate style of writing or speaking.

Origin of aureate

1
1400–50; late Middle English aureat<Late Latin aureātus decorated with gold, equivalent to Latin aure(us) golden, of gold (aur(um) gold + -eus adj. suffix) + -ātus-ate1

Other words from aureate

  • au·re·ate·ly, adverb
  • au·re·ate·ness, noun

Words Nearby aureate

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How to use aureate in a sentence

  • The golden statue veered in the changing breeze, menacing many points on the horizon with its aureate arrow.

    Sixes and Sevens | O. Henry
  • Not a single blemish was there upon her beautiful body, made aureate like a tawny, ripe fruit by the golden down of soft hair.

  • Caiques carrying merchants to their homes somewhere along the upper shores were burnished with the aureate hue.

    The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow Paine
  • The aureate light, streaming on, beat full upon the howitzer and on the living and unwounded of its men.

    The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
  • Here and there the falling golden leaves of a pomegranate made an aureate glow on the red-brown earth.

    The Fortunate Isles | Mary Stuart Boyd

British Dictionary definitions for aureate

aureate

/ (ˈɔːrɪɪt, -ˌeɪt) /


adjective
  1. covered with gold; gilded

  2. of a golden colour

  1. (of a style of writing or speaking) excessively elaborate or ornate; florid

Origin of aureate

1
C15: from Late Latin aureātus gilded, from Latin aureus golden, from aurum gold

Derived forms of aureate

  • aureately, adverb
  • aureateness, noun

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