gilt-edged

3 definitions found

gilt-edged - 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]

  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]

gilt-edged - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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