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Adjective: aureate  o-ree-ut or 'o-ree,eyt
  1. Elaborately or excessively ornamented
    "the senator's aureate speech";
    - florid, flamboyant
     
  2. Having the deep slightly brownish colour of gold
    "long aureate hair";
    - gilded, gilt, gold, golden

See also: chromatic, fancy

Encyclopedia: Aureate