golden

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having the bright, warm yellow colour of gold.

   She had long golden hair.

2. 2
   adj

   Made of gold or relating to gold.

   The queen wore a golden crown.

3. 3
   adj

   Excellent and not to be missed; very favourable.

   This is a golden opportunity to learn from the best.

4. 4
   adj

   Marked by happiness, peace, and success.

   The 1950s were a golden era for the city.

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.

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