Golden or gilded, especially describing language that's richly ornate and elaborately beautiful — words dressed in their finest robes, gleaming with literary gold.
From Latin 'aureatus' meaning 'decorated with gold,' from 'aurum' (gold). This word emerged in English to describe both literal golden objects and the metaphorical gold of elaborate, ornate language that shimmers with complexity and beauty.
Aureate is what happens when words put on their fanciest clothes! It describes language so rich and ornate it practically glitters — think Shakespeare at his most elaborate, or those deliciously over-the-top Victorian novels where every sentence wears a crown. The word literally means 'golden,' and that's exactly what aureate language does — it turns simple ideas into treasure. It's the opposite of plain speech, and sometimes that's exactly what the moment calls for. Why say something simply when you can say it aureately?
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