Aureate language is highly ornate, elevated poetic diction built from Latinate and literary words rather than plain everyday speech. It is often associated with late medieval English and Scottish writing, especially in poets such as John Lydgate, William Dunbar, and Robert Henryson, who used it to give a poem a formal, polished, and ceremonious tone.
The style may include elaborate phrasing, learned vocabulary, and a self-consciously refined sound that can make the language feel rich or ceremonial.
Example
In saffron dawn, the silvered hour arose,
And pearl-bright heaven unsealed its radiant doors.