aurated
adj1
Resembling or containing gold; gold-coloured; gilded.
2
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Combined with auric acid or some other compound of gold
- Derived terms
- diaurated
aurated
adjEtymology Coined based on Latin auris (“ear”).
1
Having or resembling ears.
- It must, however, be remarked, that these tufts, or ears, are never erected but when the bird is in a quiescent state. […] When it was asleep or undisturbed, the aurated feathers were very distinguishable, standing above the rest about half an inch […]1831, George Montagu, James Rennie, Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds, page 242:
- Related terms
- aurited