aureation

English

Etymology

aureate +‎ -ion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aureatus (“decorated with gold”)

Noun

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.

Related terms

• aureate

See also

• apothecary's Latin
• graecismus