burnt sugar as used for colouring and flavouring

dark yellow

(too) rich in ornament and colour

very elaborate

to cover (something) with gold leaf or gold-coloured paint

embellish, decorate

a precious yellow metal used for making coins, ornaments, jewellery etc

golden

of a hyperbola

wordy; flowery in speech

richly decorated; (od literature) not simple in style or vocabulary

fancily decorated

claiming (without justification) great ability, qualities or importance

snobbish, conceited

(too) concerned with the style of speaking and writing and not with the content

wordy; flowery in speech

(of written style, talk, behaviour etc) too formal and unnatural

artificial, pretentious