doré

The definition of doré is something with a gold coating.

(adjective)

An example of doré is a Buddha statue painted with gold leafing; gold doré.

Doré is defined as a French artist in the mid 1800s.

(noun)

An example of Doré was Paul Gustave Doré who created the drawings in Don Quixote by Cervantes.

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See doré in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

coated with gold or a gold color; gilded: bronze doré

Origin: Fr: see dory

Doré, (Paul) Gustave 1832-83; Fr. book illustrator & painter
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