guilded

Adjective

gilded (comparative more gilded, superlative most gilded)

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
   • There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?2000 September 23, Michele Jenkinson, “West Country Living: My blind date with my new home”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar...
3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
   • All that glisters is not gold;
     Often have you heard that told:
     Many a man his life hath sold
     But my outside to behold:
     Gilded tombs do worms infold.
     Had you been as wise as bold,
     Young in limbs, in judgement old,
     Your answer had not been inscroll'd:
     Fare you well; your suit is cold.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...