aureate

adjective au·re·ate \ˈȯr-ē-ət\

Definition of AUREATE

: of a golden color or brilliance <aureate light>

: marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style <aureate diction>

Middle English aureat, from Medieval Latin aureatus decorated with gold, from Latin aureus

First Known Use: 15th century

Synonyms: flowery, florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)

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