"aureation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aureations [plural]
Etymology: aureate + -ion, from Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|aureate|ion}} aureate + -ion, {{uder|en|la|aureatus||decorated with gold}} Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} aureation (usually uncountable, plural aureations)
  1. (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it. Wikipedia link: aureation Tags: rhetoric, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Rhetoric Related terms: aureate, apothecary's Latin, graecismus

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