Aureate

Quick meaning: Aureate is an adjective meaning Golden in color or shine.

Meaning

Golden in color or shine.

More Meanings

1. (rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin.

Example Sentences

O wynd of grace, now blowe into my saile, / O auriat lycour of Clyo, for to wryte / Mi penne enspire of that I wold endyte.

And those who husbanded the Golden Grain, / And those who flung it to the Winds like Rain, / Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd, / As, buried once, Men want dug up again.

It may, then, be said that aureate terms were those new words, chiefly Romance or Latinical in origin, continually sought, under authority of criticism and the best writers, for a rich and expressive style in English, from about 1350 to about 1530.

[CANADIAN] DOLLAR Weight: 7.000 g. Comp[osition]: Aureate-Bronze Plated Nickel Ruler: Elizabeth II Obv[erse]: Young bust right Obv. Des[igner]: Arnold Machin Rev[erse]: Loon right, date and denomination below Rev. Des.: Robert R. Carmichael Shape: 11-sided Size: 26.5 mm.

Synonyms for aureate

Depending on context, synonyms include verbose, flowery, chromatic, gilded, fancy, florid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include golden, gilded, gilt, gold, florid, colored.

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