Aureate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aureate \Au"re*ate\, a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr.
     aurum gold.]
     Golden; gilded. --Skelton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]