begild

Questions about begild

What does begild mean?

begild means "decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold".

How many syllables are in begild?

begild has 2 syllables: be-gild. The stress falls on "gild".

What is another word for begild?

Close synonyms include gild, engild. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is begild a common word?

begild is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.