gilded

adjective

gild·​ed ˈgil-dəd 

1

: covered or tinged with gold or a golden color

gilded icons

The reception room, just off the entryway, features colorful wall and ceiling decorations and a gilded overmantel mirror and matching cornices.

—Stephen May

2

: having a background of wealth and luxury : prosperous, luxurious

Emily Post was raised among New York's gilded elite.

—Susan Berfield

… despite the upper-crust background and the gilded résumé, Bonham Carter is a pretty modern chick off stage.

—Elizabeth Gleick

Examples of gilded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Igreja de São Francisco is a church that dazzles with its gilded Baroque woodwork. —Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024

The pharaoh was buried in a gilded wooden coffin that was nested inside of an alabaster sarcophagus and a larger granite sarcophagus. —Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024

The entry marvels with its turn-of-the-century mosaics, marble, gilded surfaces and leaded glass. —David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024

The video shows Donald Trump standing at a gilded lectern in Mar-a-Lago. —Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 26 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of gild entry 1

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1