gilded

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of gild

adj

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.

   “There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?”

3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.

   “All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms infold. Had you been as wise as bold, Young in limbs, in judgement old, Your answer had not been inscroll'd: Fare you well; your suit is cold.”