golden.
Made of, or relating to, gold.
Meaning & usage
Made of, or relating to, gold.
She wore a golden crown.
Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
Under a golden sun.
Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
The Renaissance was a golden era.
the Golden Horseshoe
Advantageous or very favourable.
This is a golden opportunity
Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
It's not long until our golden wedding.
Relating to the elderly or retired.
After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years.
Fine, without problems.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.
brassy drummer, brassy chub, etc. (Kyphosus vaigiensis), a fish found in southeast Asia.
Ellipsis of golden retriever.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.
To become gold or golden (in color).
To make golden or like gold.
Where this word comes from
From gold + -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above.
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