aureate

2 definitions found

aureate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

aureate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aureate
      adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
             handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn:
             aureate, florid, flamboyant]
      2: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
         aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate,
         gilded, gilt, gold, golden]