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Golden in color or shine. / (rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin.

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aureate

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aureate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɔːɹiːət/

Adjective

rhetoric

Japanese Meaning

黄金色である、または輝いていること / （修辞的な意味で）言語表現が装飾的で華美な、過度に大げさな表現

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At dawn, the aureate surface of the lake shimmered like a mirror of molten gold.

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夜明けに、湖の金色に輝く表面は溶けた金の鏡のようにきらめいた。

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Golden in color or shine.

O wynd of grace, now blowe into my saile, / O auriat lycour of Clyo, for to wryte / Mi penne enspire of that I wold endyte.

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(rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin.

It may, then, be said that aureate terms were those new words, chiefly Romance or Latinical in origin, continually sought, under authority of criticism and the best writers, for a rich and expressive style in English, from about 1350 to about 1530.

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more aureate

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most aureate

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