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English
Etymology
Supposedly from an old pharmaceutical practice of coating bitter tasting pills with a thin layer of metal (see bitter pill).
Pronunciation
Verb
gild the pill (third-person singular simple present gilds the pill, present participle gilding the pill, simple past and past participle gilded the pill)
- Synonym of sugarcoat the pill
1891 May 8, Mr. Goschen, “Purchase of Land, &c.”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons):The chemists who first gilded the pill now sit on the Front Opposition Bench.
Translations
to make something unappealing look more attractive
— see also sugarcoatSee also