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gild

UK/ɡɪld/ US/ˈɡɪld/ uncommon archaic
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

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noun

1.

a formal association of people with similar interests

  • “he joined a golf club”
  • “they formed a small lunch society”
  • “men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today”
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Origin

From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).

Phrases

  • gild the lily
  • gild the pill
  • Gilded Age
  • gilded cage

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