English Explanatory Dictionary

aureation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.

Word forms

aureation aureations

Etymology

From aureate + -ion, from Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”).

Related words

aureate apothecary's Latin graecismus
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