Aureate means golden in color or brilliance, or can describe a grandiloquent and rhetorical style.
Aureate means golden in color or brilliance, or can describe a grandiloquent and rhetorical style.
| Front | aureate \OR-ee-ut\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective 1. Of a golden color or brilliance. 2. Marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style. ["Aureate" is among several adjectives in English pertaining to gold that derive from the Latin name for the metal, "aurum." While its relatives "auriferous" and "auric" are more likely to appear in scientific contexts to describe substances containing or made from gold (or "Au," to use its chemical symbol), "aureate" has tended to have a more literary allure since it was first used in English in the early 15th century. Over time, the word's use was extended from "golden" to "resplendent," and it finally lost some of its luster as it came to mean "grandiloquent."] "Matthew tried to get into the novel that Stephanie had recommended, but he found reading the author's aureate prose too much of a slog." |
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