gilded
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dɪd 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.
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verb (used with object), gild·ed or gilt, gild·ing.
Idioms 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.
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.
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gild·a·ble, adjective
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| —vb , gilds, gilding, gilded, gilt | |
| 1. | to cover with or as if with gold |
| 2. | gild the lily |
| a. to adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful | |
| b. to praise someone inordinately | |
| 3. | to give a falsely attractive or valuable appearance to |
| 4. | archaic to smear with blood |
| [Old English gyldan, from gold | |
| 'gilder1 | |
| —n | |
| gild2 (ɡɪld) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of guild | |
| 'gildsman2 | |
| —n | |
| guild or gild (ɡɪld) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an organization, club, or fellowship |
| 2. | (esp in medieval Europe) an association of men sharing the same interests, such as merchants or artisans: formed for mutual aid and protection and to maintain craft standards or pursue some other purpose such as communal worship |
| 3. | ecology a group of plants, such as a group of epiphytes, that share certain habits or characteristics |
| [C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse gjald payment, gildi guild; related to Old English gield offering, Old High German gelt money] | |
| gild or gild | |
| —n | |
| [C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse gjald payment, gildi guild; related to Old English gield offering, Old High German gelt money] | |
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Word Origin & History
gild
O.E. gyldan, from P.Gmc. *gulthianan (cf. O.N. gylla "to guild"), from *gulthan "gold."
gilded
late O.E.; in modern use the more dignified pp. form of gild (q.v.). Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded. The quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily."
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Example sentences
It's carved of wood, and the exterior has a vertical grain that simulates yellowed or lightly gilded pages.
Directly outside the door stood a street lamp, whose gleam gilded the leaves of the tree that bent out over the fence behind him.
Then an odd and exotic new creature, a turtledove, is brought into the house and placed in a gilded cage.
Pride sleeps in a gilded crown, contentment in a cotton nightcap.
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