Definition of Silver age

1. Noun. (classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age.

Category relationships: Classical Mythology
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period

Definition of Silver age

1. Noun. an historical period of great accomplishment in a field or a society, usually following, and not quite as good as, a golden age, and not as bad as an iron age. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Age

silver-bush
silver-fork deformity
silver-fork fracture
silver-grey
silver-lace
silver-leaved nettle
silver-leaved nightshade
silver-leaved poplar
silver-plate
silver-plated
silver-tin alloy
silver-tip
silver-tongue
silver-tongued
silver-worker
silver age (current term)
silver ages
silver ash
silver ball
silver beech
silver bell
silver berries
silver berry
silver birch
silver birches
silver bream
silver breams
silver bromide
silver bullet
silver bullets

Literary usage of Silver age

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE silver age. The wings of winds were clogg'd with ice and suu»; ... Succeeding times a silver age behold, Excelling brass, but more excell'd by gold. ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"HARVEST SONG From i The silver age ' WITH fair Ceres, Queen of grain, The reaped fields we roam, roam, roam! Each country peasant, nymph, and swain Sing ..."

3. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"The silver age," which came from the press in 1613, 4to; 3. ... The three first probably were in existence when "The silver age" appeared; but "The Iron ..."

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