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gild·ed

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–adjective

1.	covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.

2.	having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth.

[Origin: bef. 1000; gild¹ + -ed²; r. ME gild, OE gegyld

]

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gild1

–verb (used with object), gild·ed or gilt, gild·ing.

1.	to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.

2.	to give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to.

3.	Archaic. to make red, as with blood.

—Idiom

4.	gild the lily, to add unnecessary ornamentation, a special feature, etc., in an attempt to improve something that is already complete, satisfactory, or ideal: After that wonderful meal, serving a fancy dessert would be gilding the lily.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME gilden, OE -gyldan; akin to gold

]

—Related forms

gild·a·ble, adjective

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gild¹ Audio Help (gĭld) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. gild·ed or gilt (gĭlt), gild·ing, gilds

[Middle English gilden, from Old English gyldan; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

gild'er n.

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