gilt
noun
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Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/ / [ɡɪɫt]
adj
Etymology: Past participle of gild (“to cover in gold”), thus meaning literally “(something) covered in gold”. Ultimately related to gold (which see). Compare feed, which is related (similarly by ablaut) to food. Cognate with Dutch (ver)guld, Icelandic gyllt and Faroese gylt.
- Golden coloured; gilded.
“The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English gilt, gylt, from Old Norse gyltr; compare geld and yelt.
- A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
verb
Etymology: Past participle of gild (“to cover in gold”), thus meaning literally “(something) covered in gold”. Ultimately related to gold (which see). Compare feed, which is related (similarly by ablaut) to food. Cognate with Dutch (ver)guld, Icelandic gyllt and Faroese gylt.
- simple past and past participle of gild
“The sun was rising; it gilt the hill tops and gradually threw its lustre over the dark pine forests on the mountain slopes.”