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overgilded

overgilded adjective: gilded on top.

Adjective

overgilded (comparative more overgilded, superlative most overgilded)

  1. Gilded on top.
  2. Excessively gilded, to the point of being gaudy.

Forms of overgilded

comparativemore overgilded
superlativemost overgilded

Origin of overgilded

From over- + gilded.

Questions about overgilded

What does overgilded mean?
Overgilded means gilded on top.
What part of speech is overgilded?
Overgilded is an adjective.

Words near overgilded in the dictionary

  1. overget
  2. overgets
  3. overgetting
  4. overgifted
  5. overgild
  6. overgilded
  7. overgilding
  8. overgilds
  9. overgilt
  10. overgird
  11. overgirded

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