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Definition of Golden
1. Adjective. Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold. "A gold carpet"
2. Adjective. Marked by peace and prosperity. "The halcyon days of the clipper trade"
3. Adjective. Made from or covered with gold. "Gilded icons"
4. Adjective. Supremely favored. "Golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"
5. Adjective. Suggestive of gold. "A golden voice"
6. Adjective. Presaging or likely to bring good luck. "A prosperous moment to make a decision"
Similar to: Propitious
Derivative terms: Favorableness, Favourableness, Luckiness
Definition of Golden
1. a. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
Definition of Golden
1. Adjective. Made of, or relating to, gold. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold. ¹
3. Adjective. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc. ¹
4. Adjective. Advantageous or very favourable. ¹
5. Adjective. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To become golden (in colour). ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To make golden or like gold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Golden
1. of the color of gold [adj -ENER, -ENEST] : GOLDENLY [adv]
Medical Definition of Golden
1. 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the colour of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age. The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. A tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. Golden marcasite tin. Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. "Angels guard him in the golden mean." (Pope) Golden mole, a bright-coloured hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididae. The colours are golden, blue, and green. Golden wedding. See Wedding. Origin: OE. Golden; cf. OE. Gulden, AS. Gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden
Literary usage of Golden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Oí the earlier books the most notable are The golden Coast or a Description ...
golden isa residential suburb of Denver, served by ihe Colorado ..."
2. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"Quality as good as 'golden Bantam,' and it will be of great use if it will breed
... Quality closely approaches 'golden Bantam' both in texture and flavor; ..."
3. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"PART II IN THE NEW WORLD CHAPTER XXIV THE START OF THE golden ROD THANKS to the
early tidings which the guardsman had brought with him, his little party was ..."
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