gilt-edged

1. 1.

   of the highest quality or value

   “gilt-edged securities”

   “gilt-edged credentials”

   Similarsuperior
2. 2.

   having gilded edges as the pages of a book

   Similaradorned

Questions about gilt-edged

What does gilt-edged mean?

gilt-edged means "of the highest quality or value". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gilt-edged?

gilt-edged has 2 syllables: gilt-ed-ged. The stress falls on "gilt-ed".

Is gilt-edged a common word?

gilt-edged is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.