Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of the highest quality or value;
- Example: "gilt-edged securities"- Example: "gilt-edged credentials"2.
having gilded edges as the pages of a book;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gilt-edge \Gilt"-edge`\, Gilt-edged \Gilt"-edged`\, a.
1. Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc.
[Slang, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed,
raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne,
enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled,
ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly,
ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled,
wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gilt-edged
adj 1: of the highest quality or value; "gilt-edged securities";
"gilt-edged credentials"
2: having gilded edges as the pages of a book