#102 aureate

aureate (adj.)- covered with gold; gilded; of a golden colour; of writing- excessively elaborate or ornate; florid

-C15 from Latin Latin aureatus, aureus, from aurum- gold

- also aureole or aureola(noun)

It was one of those rare afternoons when all the thickness and shadow of London are changed to a kind of shining, pulsing, special atmosphere; when the smoky vapors become fluttering golden clouds, nacreous veils of pink and amber; when all that bleakness of gray stone and dullness of dirty brick trembles in aureate light, and all the roofs and spires, and one great dome, are floated in golden haze. ~ Alexanders Bridge

Raymond came back with money, position, and a certain aureole of personal distinction

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