gild

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a formal association of people with similar interests
  2. verb decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

club, social club, society, guild, lodge, order

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