gilding
gilding Lexical Profile
gilding Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The decorative process or technique of applying a thin layer of gold leaf, gold paint, or gold powder to a solid surface such as wood, stone, or metal.
"The restoration team spent months repairing the intricate gilding on the cathedral's altar."
The thin layer of gold or gold-like material applied to a surface.
"Over the centuries, much of the original gilding had worn away from the antique picture frame."
A superficial, deceptive, or unnecessary embellishment intended to make something appear more attractive or valuable than it truly is.
"Stripped of its rhetorical gilding, the politician's proposal offered very little practical relief."
• Rhymes for gilding
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English gyldan ('to cover with gold'), combined with the suffix -ing, ultimately derived from the Proto-Germanic root *gulth- ('gold').