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Meaning of AUREATE

Pronunciation:  'oreeit

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

 

 

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

 

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