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Definition of aureate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

aureate

adjective
 
/ˈɔːriət/
 
/ˈɔːriət/
(formal)
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  1. decorated in a complicated way
    • an aureate style of writing
  2. made of gold or of the colour of gold synonym goldenTopics Colours and Shapesc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin aureatus, from Latin aureus ‘golden’, from aurum ‘gold’.
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