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gilt

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) gilt (adjective)
  2. 2) gilt (noun)
  3. 3) gilt (noun)
  4. gild (verb)
  5. gilt bronze (noun)
  6. gilt-edged (adjective)
  7. full gilt (noun)
  8. parcel-gilt (adjective)
  9. parcel-gilt (noun)
  10. rough-gilt (adjective)
  11. silver gilt (noun)

1gilt

adj \ˈgilt\

Definition of GILT

: covered with gold or gilt : of the color of gold
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Origin of GILT

Middle English, from past participle of gilden to gild
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Color Terms

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

Rhymes with GILT

built, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, milt, quilt, silt, stilt, tilt, wilt

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