gilded

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold“long aureate (or golden) hair”“a gold carpet”Synonyms: aureate gilt gold golden
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing“the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility”“meretricious praise”“a meretricious argument”Synonyms: meretricious specious
rich and superior in quality“a princely sum”“gilded dining rooms”Synonyms: deluxe grand luxurious opulent princely sumptuous
made from or covered with gold“gold coins”“the gold dome of the Capitol”“the golden calf”“gilded icons”Synonyms: gold golden

Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234. See Gold.]

1.To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." --Pope. [1913 Webster]

No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. [1913 Webster]

Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day.— Trumbull.[1913 Webster]

3.To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4.To make red with drinking. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

This grand liquior that hath gilded them.— Shak.[1913 Webster]