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gild

/ɡɪld/ noun

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In Latin: aurō, deaurō, inaurō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about gild at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A formal association of people with similar interests.
    he joined a golf club

verb

  1. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.

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”).

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