aureate

au·re·ate

adj \ˈȯr-ē-ət\

Definition of AUREATE

1

: of a golden color or brilliance <aureate light>

2

: marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style <aureate diction>

Examples of AUREATE

1. <the aureate speeches that are traditionally given at graduation ceremonies>

Origin of AUREATE

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

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to AUREATE

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

Related Words: affected, bloated, fancy-pants, grandiose, inflated, pompous, pretentious, stilted; excessive, flattering, fulsome; boastful, bombastic; elevated, eloquent, lofty; bookish, inkhorn, learned

Near Antonyms: prosaic, unpoetic; bald, direct, lean, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken, simple, spare, stark, straightforward, unadorned; natural, unaffected, unpretentious

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Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

Rhymes with AUREATE

laureate