aureate diction

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• aureate — adjective Etymology: Middle English aureat, from Medieval Latin aureatus decorated with gold, from Latin aureus Date: 15th century 1. of a golden color or brilliance < aureate light > 2. marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aureate language — a style of poetic diction, used originally in 15th century English poetry, characterized by the use of ornate phrases and Latinized coinages. * * * …   Universalium

• aureate language — a style of poetic diction, used originally in 15th century English poetry, characterized by the use of ornate phrases and Latinized coinages …   Useful english dictionary

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• Aureation — is a rhetorical device that involves the heightening of diction by the introduction of Latinate or polysyllabic terms. The term is derived from Latin aureus , meaning golden or gilded. In aesthetic and historic terms it can be seen as the… …   Wikipedia

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