gilded

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪldɪd/

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Verb

gilded

1. simple past and past participle of gild

Adjective

gilded

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

     All that glisters is not gold;
     Often have you heard that told:
     Many a man his life hath sold
     But my outside to behold:
     Gilded tombs do worms infold.
     Had you been as wise as bold,
     Young in limbs, in judgement old,
     Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
     Fare you well; your suit is cold.

Derived terms

• gilded age
• Gilded Age
• gilded cage
• gilded flicker

 

Translations

having the color or quality of gold

• Bulgarian: злати́ст (bg) m (zlatíst)
• Danish: gylden
• Dutch: gulden (nl)
• Finnish: kullanvärinen (fi)
• French: doré (fr) m
• Galician: dourado (gl)
• Georgian: ოქროსფერი (okrosperi), ოქროს (okros)
• Italian: dorato (it)
• Japanese: 金色の (ja) (きんいろの, kin'iro no)
• Latin: aureus (la)
• Polish: pozłacany (pl) m, złocony m
• Portuguese: dourado (pt) m, áureo (pt) m
• Romanian: auriu (ro)
• Russian: золоти́стый (ru) (zolotístyj), золото́й (ru) (zolotój)
• Spanish: dorado (es)
• Swedish: gyllene (sv)

made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold

• Armenian: ոսկեզօծ (hy) (oskezōc)
• Bulgarian: зла́тен (bg) (zláten), позлате́н (bg) m (pozlatén)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍍金的／镀金的 (zh) (dùjīn), 鑲金的／镶金的 (zh) (xiāngjīn de)

• Danish: forgyldt
• Finnish: kullattu (fi)
• French: doré (fr)
• Galician: dourado (gl)
• Georgian: მოოქრული (mookruli), მოოქროვებული (mookrovebuli)
• German: vergoldet (de)
• Hebrew: מוזהב (muzháv)
• Hungarian: aranyozott (hu)
• Latin: aureus (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forgylt

  Nynorsk: forgylt

• Portuguese: áureo (pt) m
• Russian: позоло́ченный (ru) (pozolóčennyj)
• Spanish: áureo (es) (poetic)
• Ukrainian: позоло́чений (pozolóčenyj)

having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated

• Georgian: მოვარაყებული (movaraq̇ebuli)

Anagrams

• glided