gilded

adjective

1. 1

   having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

   long aureate (or golden) hair

   a gold carpet

2. 2

   made from or covered with gold

   gold coins

   the gold dome of the Capitol

3. 3

   rich and superior in quality

   a princely sum

   gilded dining rooms

4. 4

   based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

   the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility

   meretricious praise