Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the silver
age, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
golden
adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate,
gilded, gilt, gold]
2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon
days of the clipper trade" [syn: halcyon, prosperous]
3: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome
of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: gold,
gilded]
4: supremely favored or fortunate; "golden lads and girls all
must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: favored,
fortunate]
5: suggestive of gold; "a golden voice"
6: very favorable or advantageous; "a golden opportunity" [syn:
favorable]
WordNet (r) 2.0
211 Moby Thesaurus words for "golden":
achingly sweet, advantageous, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
appealing, ariose, arioso, aureate, auric, auriferous, aurous,
auspicious, beige, benign, benignant, beyond price, blessed,
blissful, blond, brass, brassy, brazen, bright, brilliant, bronze,
bronzy, buff, buff-yellow, canary, canary-yellow, canorous,
cantabile, catchy, cherished, citron, citron-yellow, copper,
coppery, cream, creamy, cupreous, cuprous, dazzling, dear,
delightful, divine, dulcet, ecru, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous,
excellent, exceptional, exquisite, exuberant, fair, fallow,
favorable, favored, favoring, favorite, ferrous, ferruginous,
fertile, fine-toned, flaxen, flourishing, fortunate,
full of promise, gifted, gilded, gilt, gilt-edged, gleaming,
glittering, glorious, glowing, gold, gold-colored, gold-filled,
gold-plated, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, good as gold,
halcyon, happy, heavenly, honeyed, immense, inestimable,
invaluable, iron, ironlike, joyful, joyous, lead, leaden, lemon,
lemon-yellow, liquid, lucky, lustrous, luteolous, lutescent,
magnificent, marvelous, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous,
mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, mercurial, mercurous,
music-flowing, music-like, musical, nickel, nickelic, nickeline,
ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry,
of good omen, of great price, of happy portent, of promise,
opportune, optimistic, or, outstanding, palmy, pet, pewter,
pewtery, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, precious, priceless,
primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, productive, promising,
propitious, prosperous, quicksilver, radiant, resplendent, rich,
rosy, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow,
sand-colored, sandy, sensational, shining, shiny, silver,
silver-plated, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced,
silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sparkling, special,
splendid, splendiferous, steel, steely, sterling, straw,
straw-colored, successful, sunny, super, superb, supereminent,
superexcellent, superfine, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding,
talented, terrific, thriving, tin, tinny, tremendous, tunable,
tuneful, valuable, white-haired, wonderful, worthy, xanthic,
xanthous, yellow, yellowish
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
golden adj. [prob. from folklore's `golden egg'] When used to describe
a magnetic medium (e.g., `golden disk', `golden tape'), describes one
containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship software version. Compare
platinum-iridium. One may also "go gold", which is the act of
releasing a golden version. The gold color of many CDROMs is a
coincidence; this term was well established a decade before CDROM
distribution become common in the mid-1990s.
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
golden
[Probabaly from folklore's "golden egg"] When used to describe
a magnetic medium (e.g. "golden disk", "golden tape"),
describes one containing a tested, up-to-spec, ready-to-ship
software version. Compare platinum-iridium.
[{Jargon File]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
Golden, CO (city, FIPS 30835)
Location: 39.73887 N, 105.21550 W
Population (1990): 13116 (5825 housing units)
Area: 19.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80401, 80403
Golden, IL (village, FIPS 30159)
Location: 40.10973 N, 91.01841 W
Population (1990): 565 (258 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62339
Golden, MO
Zip code(s): 65658
Golden, MS (town, FIPS 27940)
Location: 34.48519 N, 88.18612 W
Population (1990): 202 (96 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38847
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Golden, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
Population (2000): 17159
Housing Units (2000): 7146
Land area (2000): 9.006834 sq. miles (23.327593 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004024 sq. miles (0.010421 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.010858 sq. miles (23.338014 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30835
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.746837 N, 105.210911 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80401 80403
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Golden, CO
Golden
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Golden, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 629
Housing Units (2000): 280
Land area (2000): 0.628440 sq. miles (1.627652 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.628440 sq. miles (1.627652 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30159
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.109772 N, 91.018548 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62339
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Golden, IL
Golden
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Golden, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 201
Housing Units (2000): 106
Land area (2000): 0.567422 sq. miles (1.469617 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.567422 sq. miles (1.469617 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27940
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 34.487217 N, 88.187427 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38847
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Golden, MS
Golden
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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