aureate
Golden or ornate
Aureate means golden or gilded, often describing something with a rich, ornate quality.
The word appears most often in literary contexts to characterize elaborate, highly wrought prose or poetry: aureate diction, an aureate style.
Such writing favors Latinate vocabulary and ornamental flourishes.
The term can be complimentary or suggest excessive decoration.
Bright yellow, or precious
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
- lustrousSoftly bright, reflective
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
glittering · burnished · radiant · resplendent · brilliant · luminous · glowing · bronzed
Decorated or exaggerated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
lavish · ornate · overwrought · decorative · flowery · fanciful · flamboyant · ostentatious
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- verboseMore words than necessary
prolix · turgid · purple · highfalutin · inflated · pompous · pretentious · declamatory
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- courtlyRefined and dignified
- polysyllabicHaving many syllables
- inkhornPortable container for pigment
neologism · poetic · verse · allegory · panegyric · encomium · ode · laureate
Matching initial consonants
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
- anaphoraRepeated opening words
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- apostropheMark showing ownership
amplification · metaphor · imagery · paradox · climax · chiasmus · synecdoche · metonymy
golden
Bright yellow, or precious
shimmering · glittering · burnished · radiant · resplendent · brilliant · luminous · glowing · bronzed · metallic
embellished
Decorated or exaggerated
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
rococo · lavish · ornate · overwrought · decorative · flowery · fanciful · flamboyant · ostentatious · extravagant
grandiloquent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
verbose · prolix · turgid · purple · highfalutin · inflated · pompous · pretentious · declamatory · orotund
Chaucer
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- courtlyRefined and dignified
- polysyllabicHaving many syllables
inkhorn · neologism · poetic · verse · allegory · panegyric · encomium · ode · laureate · Petrarchan
alliteration
Matching initial consonants
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
- anaphoraRepeated opening words
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
apostrophe · amplification · metaphor · imagery · paradox · climax · chiasmus · synecdoche · metonymy · personification
- Yellowsyellow, golden, canary, lemon, mustard
- golden thingsgold, gilded, karat, bullion, Midas
- bombastbombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, fustian
- Overblown Wordspompous, bombastic, grandiose, inflated, overblown
- golden shadesgold, amber, honey, gilded, golden hour
- sunsol, solar, sunlight, sunspots, sunshine
aureatedull
Lacking edge or interest
drab · matte · achromatic · colorless · leaden
aureateunpretentious
Lacking false superiority
unaffected · natural · genuine · artless · unassuming