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Gilded ˈɡɪldɪd Gold Gild•Ed Bre Adjective Noun Covered

Front gilded
Back gild•ed
BrE /ˈɡɪldɪd/

NAmE /ˈɡɪldɪd/
adjective
[only before noun]
1 covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint

a gilded picture frame
2 (literary) rich and belonging to the upper classes

the gilded youth (= rich, upper-class young people) of the Edwardian era

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