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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Aureate
Description: Aureate is an adjective that means gilded with gold.
If you’re a chemistry nerd who's ever wondered why the chemical symbol for gold is A-U, it’s because A and U are the first two letters in aurum (OUR oom) the Latin word for ‘gold.’ This highly colorful word found a home in English around the 15th century in the form of the adjective aureate. Our word of the day may be used in a literal sense to refer to something that is gold plated or in a figurative sense to mean something that is elaborately ornate...