Adjective
1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;
"long aureate (or golden) hair""a gold carpet"2. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility""meretricious praise""a meretricious argument"3. rich and superior in quality;
"a princely sum""gilded dining rooms"4. made from or covered with gold;
"gold coins""the gold dome of the Capitol""the golden calf""gilded icons"