The Clue
___ Age (1870-98 in U.S.) (6 letter answer)
The Answer
GILDED
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Notes
The answer GILDED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
GILD as a verb:
1. (gild, begild, engild) = decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
GILDED as an adjective:
1. (aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden) = having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"
2. (gilded, meretricious, specious) = based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
3. (deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous) = rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
4. (gold, golden, gilded) = made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"