[adjective] [not gradable]The gilded dome of the cathedral rises above the city.Gilded can also mean rich or of a higher social class.The story revolves around the gilded youth of the 1920s and their glittering life-styles.Both young princes are on the guest-list of this gilded occasion.
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Meaning of GILDED in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012