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gilded

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gilded in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
    "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
    aureate  gilded  gilt  gold  golden 
  2. rich and superior in quality
    "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
    deluxe  gilded  grand  luxurious  opulent  princely  sumptuous 
  3. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
    "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
    gilded  meretricious  specious 
  4. made from or covered with gold
    "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
    gold  golden  gilded 
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