aureate

1. Of a golden color; gilded.
2. Inflated and pompous in style.

[Middle English aureat, from Late Latin aureātus, from aureus, golden, from aurum, gold.]

adjective

Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: elaborately or excessively ornamented
  Synonyms: florid, flamboyant, showy

Meaning #2: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  Synonyms: gilded, gilt, gold, golden