gilded

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪldɪd/

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gilded

1. simple past and past participle of gild

gilded

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

     All that glisters is not gold;
     Often have you heard that told:
     Many a man his life hath sold
     But my outside to behold:
     Gilded tombs do worms infold.
     Had you been as wise as bold,
     Young in limbs, in judgement old,
     Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
     Fare you well; your suit is cold.

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