gilded vs metis

gilded

adj
  • Having the color or quality of gold. 

  • Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated. 

  • Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold. 

metis

adj
  • Of mixed heritage 

  • Of Métis heritage. 

noun
  • A person of mixed-race ancestry. 

  • A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon. 

  • Practical intelligence; street smarts. 

How often have the words gilded and metis occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )