aureation en · NOUN
Etymology
From aureate + -ion, from Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”).
Meanings
- (rhetoric, uncountable, usually) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aureations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |