aureate

[ awr-ee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

1. golden or gilded.
2. brilliant; splendid.
3. characterized by an ornate style of writing or speaking.

aureate

/ -ˌeɪt; ˈɔːrɪɪt /

adjective

1. covered with gold; gilded
2. of a golden colour
3. (of a style of writing or speaking) excessively elaborate or ornate; florid

Derived Forms

• ˈaureateness, noun
• ˈaureately, adverb

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of aureate¹

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 -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of aureate¹

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

Example Sentences

The language here — which Walsh writes with aureate poeticism, full of vivid imagery and pointed symbolism — is what gives the show its melancholic beauty.

From New York Times

Bearing a golden seal, in aureate legalistic language, the documents claimed that an obscure 18th-century treaty gave the sender rights to claim her new house as his own.

From New York Times

But the poet may have been right after all; whatever small measure of aureate glimmer and substance here is, ultimately, fleeting.

From New York Times

A dusted copper heaven streaked with gold and siphoned from Klimt’s aureate imagination.

From New York Times

This came as something of a surprise to those whose sole experience of festivals has been knee-deep in mud, swaying arhythmically while those around either pogo or chuck pints of aureate liquid about the place.

From The Guardian