aureate (adj.)

  1. elaborately or excessively ornamented; flamboyant handwriting; the senators florid speech

    [ Syn: florid , flamboyant ]

  2. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; long aureate (or golden) hair; a gold carpet

    [ Syn: gilded , gilt , gold , golden ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.