engild

Questions about engild

What does engild mean?

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

How many syllables are in engild?

engild has 2 syllables: en-gild. The stress falls on "gild".

What is another word for engild?

Close synonyms include gild, begild. 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 engild a common word?

engild 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.