aureate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aureate
    adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
           handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn:
           {aureate}, {florid}, {flamboyant}]
    2: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
       aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: {aureate},
       {gilded}, {gilt}, {gold}, {golden}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aureate \Au"re*ate\, a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr.
   aurum gold.]
   Golden; gilded. --Skelton.
   [1913 Webster]