Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aureate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aureate \Au"re*ate\, a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr.
aurum gold.]
Golden; gilded. --Skelton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aureate
adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: {florid},
{flamboyant}, {showy}]
2: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: {gilded},
{gilt}, {gold}, {golden}]
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